where are rheem water heaters made
Rheem Water Heater manufacture began in Auckland and Wellington in the late sixties, the first overseas venture of Rheem Australia, an Australian manufacturer of drums & water heaters. Today, it is part of Paloma/Rheem USA, one of the largest manufacturers of water heaters in the world. Rheem in New Zealand first began manufacturing water heaters in 1969 at Wigan St, a Wellington inner suburb. The first mains pressure model was gas fired; electric water heaters were first manufactured in 1973.