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Rixonway Kitchens wins £7m South East contract

Dewsbury-based Rixonway Kitchens has won new supply contracts worth in excess of £7m in London and the South East that will see it manufacturing and supplying 125,000 kitchen units for social housing organisations in the region over the next three years.

The contracts, for a mix of local authorities, housing associations and arms length management organisations (ALMOs), will see 16,000 properties fitted with new kitchens.

The company has seen a 16% uplift in business in the first two months of its financial year compared to the same period last year.

As a result, Rixonway is strengthening its kitchen design/survey team from 43 to 53 and, in addition, is investing £350,000 in a third automated production line to give it greater flexibility and capacity in manufacturing.

Chief executive Paul Rose said:“ Last year was really tough for many manufacturing businesses and particularly for those firms working primarily in the public sector where the high degree of uncertainty among existing and potential clients about future Government spending plans created significant delays in the awarding of contracts.

“Since the start of the calendar year we have seen a growing confidence in the sector as the commitment to start new contracts has come through from clients and contractors.”

Rixonway Kitchens is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of rigid kitchens for social and affordable housing.

It has an annual turnover in excess of £30 million, currently manufactures 500,000 kitchen units a year and employs 485 people.

The latest contract wins, along with others announced earlier this year, will see annual production rise to between 625,000 and 650,000 units.

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