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This is the place to find the latest product information, customer case studies, updated technical instructions and more. You’ll also learn a little bit about Ritherdon’s people and company as we occasionally post about company announcements and events.
Ritherdon’s passively safe cabinet to be brought up to speed to EN 12767 Standard
Ritherdon’s latest product – a passively-safe highways cabinet – is to be officially crash-tested to the specifications outlined in European standard for passive safety EN 12767. The standard (EN 12767) defines levels in passive safety terms intended to reduce the severity of injury to the occupants inside the vehicle at the time of impacting permanent road
Ritherdon’s Arabic adventure at Gulf Traffic 2012
Ritherdon’s Peter Hoban was representing Ritherdon in the United Arab Emirates this week, at the Gulf Traffic 2012 exhibition, which Ritherdon were invited to attend. Spending 5-days in the Gulf city of Abu Dhabi. The exhibition was held at the prestigious Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, running from Monday 19th to Wednesday 21st November, and
Feeder Pillar Suppliers to Transport for London (TfL)
Ritherdon & Co Ltd are pleased to have begun supplying Transport For London (TfL) with feeder pillars and electrical enclosures for traffic installations throughout the capital. These feeder pillars will be used in a variety of situations, from traffic signalling to pillars for the new cycle hire scheme, which is being introduced in London in
Lean Manufacturing – MAS video case study
There has been continuous improvement in manufacturing at Ritherdon throughout our 115 year history. More recently, we have been working with the Manufacturing Advisory Service to introduce lean manufacturing systems and further improve efficiency in the factory and, from this, the service we can give to our customers. MAS North West have just made a video case study of progress
Family Business – Fourth generation joins the company
We are proud to announce that the fourth member of the Ritherdon family has joined the family business. Ben Ritherdon started at Ritherdon at the end of 2008 and has recently been appointed Marketing Director. Ritherdon was set up in 1895 by Ben’s great-grandfather, Percy Ritherdon and remains a family business. Percy’s son Roland took
Mitras replacing one of their surface-mounted GRP meter boxes
Over the next two years, Mitras are going to replace one of their surface-mounted electricity meter boxes – model M30019. However, Ritherdon will continue to manufacture the alternatives, in the shape of the R6 (zinc plated) and larger R16 (stainless) steel meter boxes. Ritherdon also supplies a repair unit – the R26 – which slides