Rixonway marks anniversary with record turnover
YORKSHIRE-BASED Rixonway Kitchens has celebrated its 30th anniversary with record-breaking turnover of £23.4m.
The Dewsbury group, which has grown to become the UK’s largest kitchen manufacturer working exclusively within social housing, saw sales rise by 22% over the last 12 months.
Rixonway employs more than 380 people and is run by managing director Paul Rose who led a management buyout in 2006.
The company is also marking the 10th anniversary of moving to its current site, on Shaw Cross Business Park, Dewsbury, and the factory and warehousing space has more than doubled in size over the last decade and it now produces more than 10,000 parts every week.
Mr Rose said: “Over the last five years our focus has been on innovation, reliability and further improving our service. Our success in delivering this has secured many new contracts and has created excellent relationships among those who provide and maintain affordable and social housing stock and it is this has given us the significant growth and record turnover and profit.”
“In the last decade the market has become more sophisticated and more demanding and our success has allowed us to become trusted partners of customers who value tenant involvement, competitively priced quality products, quicker delivery and ethical trading and environmental credentials. These qualities will be ever more important as the social housing sector comes under increasing scrutiny from government, residents’ groups, the public and media.”
The company now has 40 on site designers operating nationally, who work closely with customers and end users – social housing residents – on individual kitchen design and layout.
Social housing accounts for 19% of UK housing stock – around 4.9m homes.
Rixonway has received acclaim for its environmental and sustainable practices including recycling 100% of kitchens removed from homes and additional wood waste from housing refurbishments which is converted into biomass fuel.
