April 2008 — The Vail­lant Group, one of the leading compa­nies within the inter­na­tional heating, venti­la­tion and air condi­tioning tech­nology sector has appointed Oliver Schrott Kommu­nika­tion as its new PR partner. The agency will provide press and public rela­tions support and consul­tancy services to the group from Remscheid. One focus of the part­ner­ship is on the commu­ni­ca­tion of Valliant exper­tise in heating tech­nolo­gies based on regen­er­a­tive energy sources such as the sun, geo-thermal energy and wood. As one of the global market and tech­nology leaders, Valliant is seeking to double its turnover in renew­able energy equip­ment by 2009 (against 2006). Support for the Valliant Group will be provided by Oliver Schrott Kommu­nika­tion via its expert team “Energy & Envi­ron­ment”.