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The 37,000 square meter site was founded in 1958 on the Team Valley Trading Estate in Gateshead. There are now buildings covering 20,000 square meters. Together with the Myson Radiators Ltd business, the site was acquired by Rettig in 2000. The plant has production capability for Rettig’s 33mm platform, the basis of the Purmo Compact and Myson Select range, as well as the unique 50mm Round Top Radiator the basis for the Myson Premier range. All panel radiators are manufactured and tested to BS EN 442. Every radiator carries the BS Kitemark, which certifies independent approval of heat output and verifies production under the Quality Management System, which is certified by BSI to ISO 9001. The Environmental Management System is also certified by BSI to ISO 14001. The Environmental impact of the plant is taken very seriously and work over the last 3 years has improved energy efficiency by 33%. In 2003 Rettig invested 30 Million Euro in a new production hall equipped with two new fully integrated high speed welding lines. This investment programme transformed Gateshead site into arguably one of the most modern steel panel factories in the world and without question into the most productive full round top plants. The Rettig UK Distribution Centre is located at Birtley in County Durham, some 10 kilometres from the main UK production facility in Gateshead. Formerly a domestic boiler plant, the 25,000 square metre site was converted into a warehousing facility in 1993. Rettig then acquired the site with the acquisition of the ex-Blue Circle Heating radiator businesses including Myson Radiators Ltd in 2000. The warehouse contains 2,300 circa stock lines, covering the brands of Purmo and Myson for the U.K. Up to 15 inbound trailers and containers are unloaded every day at Birtley from the U.K. and Mainland Europe. Rybnik, Poland; Jakobstad, Finland; Zonhoven, Belgium; Biache, France; Meiningen, Germany; Wartberg, Austria; Limerick, Ireland; Jarpas, Sweden,Turkey; Bolton, UK and Hull, UK are all suppliers to the warehouse. The combined annual volume is 2.4 million radiators per year. All products in the UK are delivered by Norbert Dentressangle. The warehouse despatches over 40,000 radiators and 40,000 heating controls in the UK every week to some 1200 delivery points and also exports smaller quantities to the U.S.A. and mainland Europe, all products are despatched for next day delivery excluding exported products. The plant prides itself on it high Customer Service Levels and consistently achieves over 98% delivery performance to the UK customer base. The warehouse has adopted a Total Quality Management system that ensures the product is delivered efficiently without damage and the Environmental Management is certified by BSI to ISO 14001.
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