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Rapid Welding Announce Wessex Heartbeat as their Charity of the Year
Wessex Heartbeat has been chosen by Rapid Welding as its charity of the year. The charity provides support and care to patients being treated at the Wessex Cardiac Centre in Southampton. Speaking of the charity choice, Marianne Edwards, Business Manager at Rapid said, “Cardiac care is of great importance to…
Meet the team – Mason
Mason joined the Rapid team in October 2018 and is a fundamental member of the website team. As a Data Entry Assistant, he is responsible for the upkeep of products and content on the Rapid website, and other channels via eBay and Amazon. This includes creating content, product photography, updating…
Christmas Opening
Rapid will be closed from 12.30pm Tuesday 24th December until 8am Thursday 2nd January 2020. The last day for us to despatch goods will be Monday 23rd December 2019 and we will recommence on 2nd January 2020. Our Webshop will be open as normal, 24 hours a day, over the…
Meet the team – Stuart
Stuart has been part of the Rapid team for over 18 years starting as a stores person and gradually working his way through the ranks up to Operations Director. The best part of Stuart’s job is watching his team excel and being part of a growing company. He gets to…
Meet the team – Karen
Karen has been part of the Rapid team for over 9 years and is a fundamental member of the service team. Initially Karen sold gas on behalf of Air Products, but now enjoys bossing around the Service Engineers, working as the team administrator based in Hedge End. She’s the first point…
Welders Gift Guide 2019
When it comes to buying gifts, welders aren’t known to be the easiest to buy for. Welding is a popular hobby as well as a profession, so with that in mind we have put together a practical gift guide to find something the welder in your life will love. Welding…
Meet the team – Richard
Richard has been part of the Rapid team for over 8 years and is a fundamental member of the website team. He is responsible for the upkeep of products and content on the website as well as other channels like eBay and Amazon. His favourite part of his role is…
Rent, lease or buy welding equipment?
The decision to rent, lease or buy welding equipment often depends on how often it will be used, the amount of equipment required and length of time in which it will be required for. If equipment is going to be used more than 60-70% of the time for multiple jobs,…
Rapid Welding is pleased to announce that we are now official distributors for Furick
Furick specialise in the creation and production of TIG torch accessories. With Furick’s extensive knowledge and experience within the welding industry including the fabrication of F1 exhausts, they have designed their range with the sole purpose to make only quality innovative products. The complete range of Furick products are available…
A very happy Rapid customer . . .
I think it safe to say we have a very happy customer! Two new Fronius machines and an Optrel Crystal helmet, not to mention a Rapid mug! What more could one welder want? This happy chap is the latest of our customers to be benefitting from Fronius’s quality manual welding…
Rapid are proud to have been awarded ISO 9001 certification for the fifth consecutive year
Rapid are proud to have been awarded ISO 9001 certification for the fifth consecutive year. This award is an internationally recognised standard which specifies requirements for a quality management system. Here at Rapid, we have demonstrated our ability to consistently provide products and services that meet our customer’s needs. This…
19 year old MasterTig still going for many years to come
Recently a MasterTig ACDC 3500 machine was recently spotted by one of our reps in a workshop during a site visit, the customer had written the machine off thinking it wasn’t worth being repaired due to its age. The MasterTig was bought in 2000 and used sporadically until about a…
Rapid Welding welcomes a new Product Manager for Industrial Safety
Ken is the newest member of the Rapid team and has joined us as product manager for industrial safety. With over 40 years’ experience in the engineering sector, including 10 years as a welder, he has an extensive background in the field. Ken is the go-to man for industrial safety…
Keeping Our Welders Welding – Why We Offer The Ultimate Welding Service
Staying ahead of the game and keeping our customers welding is key to our business. When Rapid and RentArc joined forces, we knew it was a solid move and one that would enable us to offer a complete service to our customers. The move has paid off, with RentArc operating…
“We welders have our own distinctive bond, as strong as the metals we join.”
Charles “Charlie” Coffin