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Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (July 2022)
It’s T-minus ten days until we announce our next Welding Warrior! If you’ve got a project you are particularly proud of, why not take a few pictures, show off your work and be in with a chance of winning £60.00 worth of MARKS & SPENCERS VOUCHERS kindly donated by ULTRAMAG INSPECTION…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (June 2022)
Welcome to June’s Newsletter. We hope you enjoyed HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations earlier this month, and of course the long Bank Holiday weekend! Read about the latest news, team updates and product announcements from Rapid Welding. Don’t forget to stay up to date and follow us on social…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (May 2022)
Following the success of Lincoln Electric UK’s kick-off Open House event in Sheffield earlier this month, we are pleased they will be continuing their ARC Roadshow, visiting Rapid Welding in Southampton on 21st June 2022 between 10am and 4.30pm. There will be 4 manned demonstration areas 1. Education – SEG/U-LINC, VRTEX2. Advanced Solutions – Powerwave 300C, Hyperfill3. Orbital Welding –…
The Day Has Finally Arrived!
We are Rapid, and we are absolutely delighted to announce that our new, improved, updated (and, in our opinion, just brilliant) website is now live for both desktop and mobile! Easy to use, and with over 50,000 products available to purchase and packed full of information, the brand new Rapid Experience has never felt better. The…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (April 2022)
Although we’re midway into April, there’s still time to enter this month’s Welding Warrior competition! Up for grabs are an amazing £60 M&S voucher courtesy of UltraMag Inspection Services, as well as a Rapid beanie and mug! Our latest competition runs until the 30th April, so head over to our Facebook page now and show…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (March 2022)
Congratulations to Dan Weeks on becoming our latest Welding Warrior! To be in the chance to win, post and share your latest welding project on our Facebook page and be in with a chance to win a £60 M&S voucher courtesy of UltraMag Inspection Services, as well as a Rapid beanie and mug! Our latest…
Welcome to the Rapid Newsletter (Feb 2022)
Offering superior ergonomics and excellent productivity, the SPEEDTEC Pulse range is suitable for GMAW, FCAW-G, FCAW-S, Pulsed MIG, GTAW, SMAW, CAG processes. Built to withstand industrial environments, the SPEEDTEC 400SP and 500SP Ready to Weld Packages are modular in design and can be configured to meet your requirements, with a wide…
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…
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…
“We welders have our own distinctive bond, as strong as the metals we join.”
Charles “Charlie” Coffin