R&M are pleased to announce that they are to exhibit at the prestigious HazardEx trade and conference to be held in 2012.

The event is one of the largest and most comprehensive trade events held in the UK to facilitate the exhibiting of products and services to the safety and hazardous area industry.

Keenly attended in 2011 – with over 40 specialist exhibitors – it is the event to attend for those interested in this highly complicated and specialist area.

Complementing the trade show, attendees and exhibitors can attend a two day conference, culminating in an awards ceremony celebrating innovative leaders in the Safety and Hazardous industry in such categories as:

• Technical Innovation
• Contribution Towards Safety-sponsored Intertek
• Environmental Contribution to Industry
• Best User Application
• Lifetime Contribution to the Industry

“This is the first time that R&M have exhibited at this event and we are really looking forward to attending and highlighting the specialist products and services we can offer to the industry.  We will also be taking the opportunity to unveil some exciting new products we have the exclusive distributorship rights to within the UK – so watch this space!”  Dave Norris (Group Sales Manager).

HazardEX 2012 takes place from the 29^th of February to the 1^st of March, and is hosted in the Majestic Hotel, Harrogate, United Kingdom.

For further information on the exhibition see the HazardEx website

           To celebrate the Olympics coming to London, friends of R&M Bruce Elkins and Peter Harding, have created their  very own exciting sporting event – 1 Decathlon, which will take place across the year to raise much needed funds for 3 special local charities – The Rainbow Centre, The Rose Road Association and Wessex Cancer Trust. The aim is to raise £100,000 to be shared by the three charities, by holding 10 Olympic events over a 1 year period, sponsored by local businesses with hundreds of other people participating in the actual events – along with Bruce and Peter who will be taking part in all of the events!

R&M are excited to be involved in the Decathlon by sponsoring the Walking section of the 10 stage event.  Our aim is to raise a minimum of £20,120 towards the final goal of £100,000 with R&M employees and their friends and families taking part in a 5, 10 or 20 kilometer walk, being held at Manor Farm Country Park on the 25^th of March 2012.

“We are very pleased to be associated with the 1  2  3 Decathlon, and our employee have been more than enthusiastic in supporting the event.  With 40 of our local employees having already signed up to participate in the walk and with many other “not so sporty” members having agreed to “marshal” the event we are confident that we will raise the £20,120 target we have set ourselves!  It is for a great cause and will be a great family day out and with all participants being invited to a free BBQ after the event we anticipate a large turnout on the day!”  William Crook – Financial Director

To get involved or to sponsor the 1  2  3  Decathlon (1 Decathlon, 2 Fellows, 3 Charities) go to:

http://www.cwfellowes.com/123/

The 123 Decathlon Challenge 2012 is made up of the following events:

• February – Badminton
• March – Walk
• April – Cycle (Track)
• May – Tennis
• July – Triathlon
• September – Athletics
• September – Run
• October – Road Cycle
• November – Table Tennis
• December – Swim

R&M are pleased to reveal that they have been ranked 49^th in the Solent 250 listings guide for 2011.

In its second year the Solent 250 is a listing of top private companies within the Solent region, and is sponsored by key organisations based in the area – Grant Thornton, Santander Corporate Banking, Paris Smith and Randall and is additionally associated with Business Solent and Business Growth Connections.

Together the organisations listed in the Solent 250 substantially contribute to the economy in the South East by employing over 81,000 people in the area, and contributing £11 billions of combined turnover within the region.

The criteria for inclusion in the Solent 250 list is strict in that organisations must be;

• Private, independent businesses
• Un-listed (either on the LSE or foreign stock markets)
• Trading in and have registered headquarters in the Solent region
• UK owned

“R&M are very pleased to have made the Solent 250 list for the second year in succession.  We are proud of our association with the area and actively contribute to the environment in which we are located, through employment opportunities, sales revenue and by actively supporting the communities in which we are based through various initiatives.  R&M consistently strives to evolve, with diversification being key to our success, which is clearly reflected in the Solent 250 listings by our moving up the list in 2011 from 73^rd to 49^th place this year!”  Andrew Chandler – Sales Director.

See full Solent 250 Listing here

R&M and Vantrunk are pleased to announce a new strategic partnership agreement between the two companies for the Kazakhstan region. More…

R&M are very proud to have won the prestigious Hampshire Business Awards KPMG “Company of the Year” Award at yesterday’s  Gala  Ceremony Dinner.

Facing stiff competition from the other two finalists in this category -  Lymington Precision Engineers and Pabulum – R&M are proud to join the esteemed company of  The Southern Cooperative and the Whitely based defence firm Chemring Group , previous winners of the Company of the Year Award (2010 and 2009 respectively).

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R&M Electrical Group Ltd has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to supply currently one of the largest LNG projects in the world in Australia with specialist electrical bulk materials and cables, including the supply of Turtle Friendly LED Flood Lamp light fittings.

R&M and its joint venture partners – Wholesale Electric from the USA and CNW from Australia – have come together to form TSG Pty to facilitate the management of this prestigious contract.

The project will develop gas fields, located about 130 km off the north- west coast of Western Australia and includes the construction of a 15 million tonne per annum Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant on Barrow island located 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest off the coast of Western Australia.

The LNG trains will be located on an internationally significant Class A nature reserve and is known as “Australia’s Ark” as it plays host to many rare and endangered species, some of which exist only in this area. It is one of the most significant breading grounds for the endangered flat backed sea turtle, who return annually to the island to lay their eggs.    More…

R&M Electrical Group announces the completion of a project to upgrade our WAN infrastructure through the expertise of the London based SAS Group. The new infrastructure will be supported by a managed services agreement between the two companies which includes 24/7 network monitoring and proactive helpdesk services.

R&M Electrical provides a range of products and services to customers around the world, and as a business relies heavily on communications in order to process customer transactions, working with a managed service provider that responds quickly to any issues with network performance or availability is crucial to R&M’s continued success.

 “Most of our remote sites have business critical applications connecting to head office,” said Mark Stone, group IT manager for R&M Electrical. “We were having days of sites not being able to process any transactions because the circuits were down and we couldn’t get a response from our service provider.” More…

Sales-i, the sales & customer intelligence service for office-based and front-line sales people, has today announced its increasing success at R&M Electrical, the largest independent electrical distributors in the UK.  R&M Electrical first signed up to the on-demand sales and customer intelligence service in summer 2010 and today over 60 of its internal and field-based sales force are actively using and benefitting from the system.

 With more than 250 staff and a turnover of £50 to £60 Million, R&M Electrical provides a range of products and services to a worldwide customer base. The company is a member of ANEW (largest independent buying group in the UK).  It has overseas branches in the Caspian Region and the middle east, multiple branches in the South of England and South Wales and a number of specialist divisions in the UK namely its Exports Division, Projects Division and Assembly Division based at the Southampton Head office, R&M Fixings & Support based in Southampton and R&M Cables Division based in Bristol.  Managing sales and contact across this diverse and very large base of customers is a huge challenge and one that R&M is tackling using sales-i.

 Alistair Skyrme, manager of R&M Electricals Exports division has been instrumental in overseeing sales-i’s introduction into the business. “Having close visibility and contact with our clients is key to our success – knowing who they are and what their role is whilst keeping a high touch rate, and staying high on their radar.  All of this is time consuming and difficult without a system designed to do that very job.” Alistair continues, “sales-i was designed from the ground up for sales people and sales management. It helps cut to the chase when making sales calls and streamlines and accelerates the sales process. Moreover it gives us great visibility of our customer contact activity and call cycles. The combination of sales and customer intelligence makes it a great choice for R&M.”

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R&M‘s Assembly Division are pleased to announce their recent investment in the technologically advanced SMX 2500 3 Axis CNC/Manual Bed Mill, with delivery due to take place in  November 2010.

“The SMX 2500 uses up-to-the minute, innovative technology and will increase both the efficiency and accuracy of our  CNCing ability, allowing us to produce both volume and bespoke “one off” enclosures.  This can only be a win win situation for our customers as we will be able to shorten lead times and offer an overall improved service.”  Commented Neil Sherin – Assembly Division Manager.

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