Celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, Baxi is marking the milestone by asking you for your special Baxi memories. Whether you’re an engineer, customer, merchant or supplier, Baxi wants to hear about the events that stand out in your mind about the company.
Baxi was launched by iron moulder Richard Baxendale in 1866, and a controllable underfloor draught system for solid fuel heating, launched in 1935, was the first product to bear the Baxi name. Throughout the 1950s, the company became increasingly focused on the domestic heating sector. Today Baxi is a boiler manufacturer employing nearly 1600 people. It has a factory in Preston where it makes over seven million components each year.
If you’d like to share your happy memories of Baxi, email your message and a photo of yourself to mybaxistory@baxi.co.uk. Each story will be entered into a commemorative online book, to be hosted on the Baxi website, and each photograph will become part of a 150-shaped montage of images, to be completed by the end of 2016.
David Pinder, CEO of Baxi, says: “Our business has reached an incredibly important milestone; very few businesses have been around for as long as we have, and it’s a remarkable achievement. We are proud to be celebrating 150 years of Baxi – especially as in 2016 we are stronger and more successful than ever. We will be marking the company’s anniversary – and future – with a variety of events and activities throughout the year, and are kicking off the celebrations by launching My Baxi Story.
“Being around for such a long time means there are millions of people who have had experiences and have built relationships with us. My Baxi Story is about giving anyone with happy memories of Baxi – whether they are a heating engineer, consumer, former or current employee, merchant, supplier or partner – an opportunity to share their story. Everyone that gets involved will become part of a special commemorative online book and image.”
Anyone with a Baxi story to tell should email mybaxistory@baxi.co.uk with a message and a photograph. Alternatively, they can write to Jocelynne Rowan, PR Manager, Baxi, Brooks House, Coventry Road, Warwick CV34 4LL.
