Nobody
Brings It All
Together Like
Lochinvar
Watch How We Do It
Broadest Selection of Products
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Heaters
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Lochinvar University
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and Education
Has a Higher
Meaning
Research & Development Lab
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The Industry
Through World
Class Research & Development
A Commitment to Service
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Service. It’s a
Lochinvar
Thing
An Industry Leader
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Leadership
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Lochinvar Timeline
![1919](https://www.lochinvar.com/about/1919_WV.Sr.jpg)
1919
Our founder, Walter Vallett, Sr., enters the water heater business and begins his career with Everhot Water Heating Company.
![1939](https://www.lochinvar.com/about/1939 truck.jpg)
1939
Walter Vallett Company is founded, marketing residential, commercial and industrial water heaters.
![1956](https://www.lochinvar.com/about/1957 Lochinvar logo early.jpg)
1956
Walter Vallett Company changes its name to Lochinvar Water Heater Corporation, headquartered in Detroit.
![1919](https://www.lochinvar.com/about/1919_WV.Sr.jpg)
1919
Our founder, Walter Vallett, Sr., enters the water heater business and begins his career with Everhot Water Heating Company.
![1939](https://www.lochinvar.com/about/1939 truck.jpg)
1939
Walter Vallett Company is founded, marketing residential, commercial and industrial water heaters.
![1956](https://www.lochinvar.com/about/1957 Lochinvar logo early.jpg)
1956
Walter Vallett Company changes its name to Lochinvar Water Heater Corporation, headquartered in Detroit.
![1970](https://www.lochinvar.com/about/1970_Acquire Wagoner.jpg)
1970
Lochinvar acquires Wagoner Water Heater Company and relocates to Nashville.
![1980](https://www.lochinvar.com/about/1979_WV and sons.jpg)
1980
William Vallett, Sr. and sons set out on their own and created Lochinvar as you know it today.
![1986](https://www.lochinvar.com/about/1986 Power-Fin Release Group.jpg)
1986
In the midst of the 1980s energy crisis, Lochinvar defines a new standard for performance in the industry with the introduction of the revolutionary Power-Fin high-efficiency boiler.
![2001](https://www.lochinvar.com/about/2001_HQ to Lebanon.jpg)
2001
Lochinvar moves into a new state-of-the-art 360,000 sq. ft. world headquarters and manufacturing facility, located in Lebanon, Tennessee.
![2011](https://www.lochinvar.com/about/2011_Acquired by AOS copy.jpg)
2011
Lochinvar is acquired by A. O. Smith Corporation, the world’s largest water heater manufacturer.
![2015](https://www.lochinvar.com/about/2015_expansion aerial.jpg)
2015
Lochinvar invests in the future with an expanded production facility and doubles its engineering and product development labs.
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Today
Leading the way.