NEWS & EVENTS
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DERITEND
£1M SALES BOOST DELIVERS A PERFECT
121ST BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR DERITEND
One of the UK’s leading providers of
engineering solutions is celebrating a major
birthday in style after announcing a £1m
boost in sales and creating eleven new jobs.
Deritend Group, which looks after the repair
and replacement of electric motors, pumps,
gearboxes, electronic controls and induction
equipment, is 121 years-old in 2019 and has
marked the big anniversary with a string of
new contracts with clients involved in utilities,
food processing and the automotive sector.
The Wolverhampton-headquartered company
has come a long way since it started out as
a small electrical maintenance business in
London in 1898, primarily repairing street
lighting in and around the capital.
Today, it employs 110 people across four
locations in the Black Country, Luton and
Middlesbrough and, thanks to the clutch of
recent wins, is on course to post £11m annual
sales.
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“121 years in business is a fantastic
achievement, especially considering all of
the different economic changes and some
really bad recessions,” explained Richard
Hale, Managing Director of Deritend Group.
“We have acquired companies, we have
sold firms and we have moved sites on
numerous occasions – throughout all of this
we have always stayed true to our founding
principles of being small enough to care, but
large enough to cope.”
He continued: “This approach, combined
with investment in modern facilities and
our people, means we are able to offer
our customer a proactive repair and
maintenance service for their critical assets,
helping them minimise the downtime,
decrease the costs and maximise the
productivity of equipment.”
Deritend, which was acquired by Richard
and his management team in 2001, plays a
critical role in ensuring we have clean water
in our homes, production lines meet just-in-
time requirements and society has a regular
supply of food.
A fully equipped fabrication operation
in Middlesbrough and a skilled team of
engineers located strategically across the
UK continue to support customers ranging
from Severn Trent/Thames Water and JCB
to British Steel and Mondelez International,
who own Cadbury.
Over £750,000 has been invested in new
equipment, recruitment and upskilling its
workforce over the last twelve months, with
plans in place to relocate its Wolverhampton
site to West Bromwich by the start of 2021.
“Many people will never know their lives
have been touched by Deritend or our
engineers,” added Dave Booth, Regional
Director.