Ideal workshop, Maintal

At Karosseriebau Ideal in Maintal, precision and efficiency are basic requirements for successful work. The managing director does not want to do without these attributes when it comes to equipping the body and paint store. Ideal heats with the innovative Puls-air heating system.

Ideal Karosseriebau GmbH in Maintal is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year," says Svenja Friedewald on the phone. In September 2017, she took over the management of the business from her father, who founded the company in 1983. "I completed my commercial training here in the company and have actually been familiar with the topics and work in the body shop from an early age," she says. The company is a classic body and paint store. Eight employees, including one apprentice, are mainly responsible for repairing accident damage to cars and, if necessary, trucks.

"The heating issue has been on our minds for some time," says Svenja Friedewald. The repair hall, where all work from assessment to dismantling, repair and final assembly takes place, is the heart of the company. Due to its age, it is not particularly well insulated. In addition, high doors and a ceiling height suitable for trucks ensure rapid heat loss.

"Until 2012, we had an oil-fired heating system outside the hall. The warm air was fed inside via a pipe." It was impossible to install it indoors because the old system made an enormous amount of noise, explains the Managing Director. But that wasn't the only drawback. "The heat output was very manageable, but its thirst for heating oil was all the more remarkable," says Svenja Friedewald.