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News Release from: RDP Electronics
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 September 2006
RDP Electronics celebrates 40 years!
For transducer specialists RDP Electronics, 2006 marks the 40th anniversary of the company's foundation, a notable achievement with many of the original employees
For transducer specialists RDP Electronics, 2006 marks the 40th anniversary of the company foundation Advances in technology at that time made integration of electronics possible and transducers simpler to use
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 21 Feb 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Peter Smith, who with Richard Garbett founded the company in 1966, recalled that 'RDP's particular ambition was to design transducers for the general industrial and scientific market, that were easy to apply.
This was to be achieved by means of a design based on inductive sensing with incorporated electronic conditioning.
It appeared at the time that the LVDT Displacement Transducer had the best potential and the very first product was a DC-DC position sensor device with a range of 1inch and an accuracy of 0.25%.
From this a huge number of ranges and variants for use in many hostile environments were designed, eventually making RDP one of the world's leading manufacturers of this type of device.
Many other types of transducers and electronic instrumentation have been added to the product range over the years, but the humble LVDT is still the backbone of the company production: the directors are convinced that it will be many years before any alternative can be found for this adaptable device that will give the same cost to performance ratio'.
RDP owes its success to a clear vision of the future and the dedication of its workforce, many of whom have remained with the company until retirement.
To celebrate 40 years of success the directors invited all employees, past and present, to a very enjoyable dinner and evening 'At The Races'.
To mark the occasion a 'surprise' birthday cake - complete with model transducers and instruments all made from icing sugar - was presented to the directors by the employees.
In Peter Smith's words, 'a totally unexpected, but very much appreciated gesture'. Request free introductory details about products from RDP Electronics ...
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