Residential
Elements for household appliances built in high volumes.
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● Custom heating elements · Listed in Shanghai since 2023
Heat, engineered to your specification.
Heatwell designs and builds electric heating elements for appliance, equipment and automotive makers. For more than 35 years we have supplied over 1,000 brands worldwide, from first prototype to stable series production, with a European office in Gothenburg.
35+
Years making heating elements
1,000+
Customer brands worldwide
1.4bn+
Elements produced to date
300,000m²
Production area in 5 plants
About Heatwell
A group built around one product: the heating element
Since 1989 we have focused on electric heating elements and components, from household appliances to new-energy vehicles. Heatwell has been listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange since September 2023.
Sales by region
- 35.2% Europe & America
- 23.5% Asia Pacific
- 41.3% China
A plant in Thailand and an office in Sweden give European customers a supply route and a contact close to home.
Vision
To be the landmark of the electric heating element industry.
Mission
Crafted manufacturing, dedicated service and continuous innovation, to be our customers’ preferred partner.
Milestones
- Kawai Hangzhou founded, the origin of the group
- Heatwell Hangzhou founded
- Heatwell Jiangshan founded
- Heatwell Anji founded
- Heatwell Medical founded
- Kawai Hangzhou acquired; Heatwell Thailand founded
- Heatwell Auto Parts founded
- Heatwell Cleaning founded
- Listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange; Heatwell Industrial founded
Applications
One supplier across four markets
Custom heating elements for residential, commercial, industrial and automotive use. Tell us the appliance, power, voltage and space envelope, and our engineers design around it.
Commercial
Fast heat recovery for equipment that runs all day.
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15+ years serving over 100 industrial brands, through our dedicated industrial company.
- Rubber & plastics molding
- Medical & detection
- Special equipment
- Energy & semiconductor
Automotive
Heaters for EV thermal management and vehicle comfort, IATF 16949 certified.
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Trusted by leading brands
A selection of the 56 companies we supply directly, by industry. Our automotive components also run in vehicles from the carmakers shown below.
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Element technologies
The right heater for the job
We build the element type your design needs, and we make key materials in-house: magnesium oxide powder, resistance wire and tubing.
Tubular elements
Metal-sheathed, MgO-insulated heaters bent to any shape for air, water and oil.
Ovens · dishwashers · fryersThick film heaters
Printed resistive tracks on a substrate for compact, high power-density designs.
Kettles · beverage · EVCoil & wire elements
Open coils and resistance wire, self-made, for fast heat-up in air and drying systems.
Dryers · HVAC · dryingCast-in heaters
Elements cast in aluminium by gravity, centrifugal, low-pressure or die casting.
Plastics · platens · boilersImmersion heaters
Flanged and screw-plug assemblies for water heaters and tanks, with scale-resistant sheaths.
Water heaters · laundryThermal modules
Complete heating assemblies with sensors and controls for automotive thermal systems.
Battery · cabin · coolantOEM process
From drawing to series production
Mass-production lines and small-batch cells under one roof, so the same team takes your part from sample to volume.
01
Brief
Share the application, power, voltage, dimensions and target standards.
02
Engineering
Our R&D team selects materials and geometry, and builds the tooling in-house.
03
Samples & testing
Prototypes are verified in our CNAS-accredited lab before you validate them.
04
Series production
Lean, digitally managed lines keep quality stable at any volume.
05
Delivery
Supply to your plants worldwide, with long-term traceability.
Capability
Why global brands choose Heatwell
Scalable manufacturing, digital production management, custom engineering and quality that stays stable over the life of a programme.
Lean & digital manufacturing
We run the SIQI management model: 5S+, industrial engineering, quality control and informatization. An enterprise private cloud connects every production system.
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Manufacturing processes
We make our own molds, automation and test equipment, and cover the full range of joining, surface and thermal processes.
Argon arc weldingLaser weldingVacuum brazingElectroplatingEnamelDie castingVacuum heat treatment
R&D
A multi-disciplinary team works with universities and research institutes across physics, chemistry, materials science, mechanical and electronic engineering.
MaterialsThermal simulationReliability testing
Process technology
Class 10,000 clean workshop · fully automatic screen printing · drying and sintering integration · magnesium powder preparation · resistance wire production · vision laser welding · vacuum and argon arc welding · brazing · low-pressure casting · nickelizing · enamel · vacuum coating · continuous furnace and partial heat treatment · CNC · AGV material flow
Testing & inspection
Helium leak detection · X-ray · AOI · eddy current · infrared thermography · salt spray · humidity · life testing · electrical performance · TCR · hydraulic and pneumatic tests · CMM and 3D scanning · hardness, roughness and chemical analysis · cleanliness check
Management systems
- ISO 9001Quality
- ISO 14001Environment
- ISO 45001Health & safety
- ISO 50001Energy
- IATF 16949Automotive
Product approvals
- CEEU market
- VDEGermany
- ULNorth America
- CQCChina
Laboratory
- CNASAccredited lab
- VDEWitness testing
- ULWitness testing
Sustainability · ESG
Lower-carbon heat for a market that measures it
European OEMs report on their supply chains. Our plants run certified ISO 14001 environmental and ISO 50001 energy management systems, and we track the savings every year.
5M kWh
Green electricity a year from rooftop solar, cutting about 1,360 t of CO₂
2M kWh
Electricity saved a year by reusing process waste heat, about 544 t of CO₂
30t
Paper packaging saved a year with reusable packaging, roughly 5,000 trees
Contact
Tell us about your heating application
Send your drawing or specification. Our team in Gothenburg replies with questions, a proposal and sample timing.
Contact
Zhiqiang Qin · Global Market Development DirectorEmail
zhiqiang.qin@e-heatwell.comTel. Europe
+46 73 503 65 38Mobile
+86 137 6404 5104Europe office
Fabriksgatan 21, SE-412 50 Gothenburg, Sweden
Headquarters
Hangzhou Heatwell Auto Parts Co., Ltd.
800 Binkang Road, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China