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Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (January 2022)
We hope you had a safe festive period with whoever you were able to celebrate it with. We would like to reassure our customers that we are fully open for business, operating as normal and looking forward to supporting and working with you and all our customers. A new year…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (December 2021)
Thank you to all our customers! It’s been another challenging year for everyone, but all of us here at Rapid want to say a huge thank you to all our customers for your continued support during 2021. We worked hard to stay open for our customers, and we look forward to being…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (November 2021)
Almost as good as the 12 days of Christmas, we’ve now entered “the 20 days of Welding Warrior”. You’ve got 20 days left to entire the last competition of the year and win the perfect Christmas treat! Enter on our Facebook page before 30/11/21 for the chance to win a £60.00 M & S…
Kemppi SuperSnake GTX: The Ultimate Distance Wire Feeding System
Lift it. Drag it. Pull it: The Kemppi SuperSnake GTX is the ultimate distance wire feeding system for those hard-to-reach welding sites. Providing an alternative to the motorised push-pull welding guns with limited reach, or heavy wire feeders with extended cable sets, the SuperSnake GTX features 10/15/20/25 metre cable package options and trouble free, automatic wire…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (October 2021)
Congratulations to Nick Pope for being our latest winner of the Welding Warrior competition, sponsored by Ultramag Inspection Services. We’ve now arrived at your last change to enter in 2021! The perfect Christmas treat, enter on our Facebook page before 30/11/21 for the chance to win £60.00 M & S Voucher and Rapid goodies! After the success of our Open…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (September 2021)
You’ve only got a short while left to enter our Welding Warrior competition! For the chance of winning a £60.00 M&S Voucher courtesy of our friends at UltraMag Inspection Services and either a Rapid Beanie or our new Baseball Cap, head to our Facebook page and show us a photo of your best work by 30/09/2021! It’s 3-2-1 time,…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (August 2021)
Rapid remains fully open and supporting our colleagues, customers and industry worldwide in these difficult times. Stay safe. Are you a Welding Educator or Education Facility? Have you experienced the Lincoln Electric VIRTUAL REALITY machines? Rapid and Lincoln are holding an open afternoon and offering hands-on demonstrations and a chance to view the very latest VR…
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! We couldn’t resist sharing our big news…We are excited to announce we are now a member of the Troy UK buying group!As the largest independent welding distributor on the South Coast, Rapid were delighted to accept Troy UK’s invitation. We believe their vision – “To build a…
Slow Burner or bright Spark – Common Causes of Ignition Associated with Welding
I came across this article regarding a recent fire thought to be related to the storage of welding equipment. Fire crews believed a welding tool set light to flammable materials and caused a large blaze in a hangar at a former airfield in Lincolnshire. Six fire engines was sent to Manby showground,…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (July 2021)
Rapid remains fully open and supporting our colleagues, customers and industry worldwide in these difficult times. Stay safe. The past 18 months have been a difficult time for all but, thanks to our amazing employees and customers, we have remained open and meeting our customers requirements. Following the easing of restrictions…
Women In Welding
Lincoln Electric UK To coincide with International Women’s Day earlier this year, Lincoln Electric UK embarked on another Women in Welding campaign and announced four exciting additions to their team of ambassadors, chosen not only because of their dedication to hard work and ‘boundary breaking’ attitudes, but because they aren’t afraid to be…
Lincoln Electric UK Announce Their New Women in Welding Ambassadors
Last year, as part of our Focus on ‘Women in Welding’, we had the pleasure of speaking with Ruth Amos who, as well as being an inventor and successful entrepreneur, is also well known as Co-Creator of the amazing “Kids Invent Stuff” YouTube channel. She is also a keen welder, and…
Rapid is now a member of the Troy UK buying group!
We can’t resist sharing our big news… We are excited to announce that we are now a member of the Troy buying group! As the largest independent welding distributor on the South Coast, Rapid were delighted to accept Troy UK’s invitation. We believe their vision, “To build a better future for independent…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (June 2021)
Congratulations to the latest winner of our Welding Warrior competition, Nathan Bealey. Thanks to Ultramag Inspection Services for their continued support of this competition. Do you want to be in for a chance of winning a £60.00 M&S Voucher and either a Rapid Beanie or our new Baseball Cap? Enter via our Facebook page by 31/07/21 and show us your…
Lincoln Electric – Skills and Education Group Awards
Lincoln Electric Rapid Welding and Lincoln Electric have enjoyed a successful relationship for over 30 years, and we are very proud to support their new educational program! Lincoln Electric UK is embarking on a multi-faceted plan to raise welding education standards across the nation and at the heart of this, is a newly…
RentArc Hire Service
RentArc Hire Service Are you aware of the hire service Rapid offer through our lovely sister company, RentArc? From their central southern location, RentArc are perfectly placed to support you when you need to rent welding, cutting or positioning equipment, in the south of the UK and beyond. Whether it’s a long-term contract on a large project, some planned or reactive maintenance, or…
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