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News Release from: Ritchie
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 June 2008
Ritchie shows off expanded facilities
Packaged gas and offshore handling expert, Ritchie, will show its recently extended plant in Suttieside, Forfar, to Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth John Swinney
Following his meeting with Ritchie, the Mr Swinney will also meet with a small group of members from Dundee and Angus Chamber of Commerce Ritchie will be keen to illustrate for Mr Swinney the improvements it has made to its plant, which have helped the company remain competitive in the demanding agricultural and oil and gas industries
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 13 Nov 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We would be the last company to set ourselves up as a paragon for manufacturing" explained Tony Walker, managing director: "However, Ritchie has been in existence since 1870 and in that time has reinvented itself to succeed through several challenging times.
The current economic climate only reinforces the reasoning behind our most recent set of improvements.
Our objective is always to exceed our customers' expectations while maintaining costs at an acceptable level".
John Swinney is a Scottish National Party politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament for North Tayside.
He was the National Convenor of the SNP between 2000 and 2004.
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