New contracts and new jobs provide a welcome relocation

New contracts and new jobs provide a welcome relocation present for Deritend 25 new jobs could be created at a Black Country engineering solutions provider after it finalised the creation of its new regional centre of excellence in West Bromwich. Deritend Group, which celebrated 121 years in business in 2019, is [...]

High praise for Middlesbrough branch

Congratulations are in order for the staff of our Middlesbrough branch, earning some high praise after working extremely hard & efficiently for a client. Our team arrived on site to scope out the work, fabricate new parts and install them, all within the space of three days. A second instance saw [...]

Congratulations – Half a century for our Ken!

The year 1968; the Ford Escort is launched, Dad's Army airs for the first time on the BBC, and a young man named Ken Leese began working at a company named Deritend at their Walsall Rolling Mill Works. Fifty years later, we're sad to be saying goodbye to Ken after he [...]

Midlands Branch Secure £500k Motors Contract

Congratulations to Deritend's Midlands team on securing a contract to supply, modify and install 10HV Motors to one of the UK’s largest water utilities. The contract, worth in excess of £500k, to supply 10 HV ABB machines was awarded to Deritend via Costain, despite tough competition. Once again this demonstrates our [...]

Fixed Pump Efficiency for Monitoring Success

The Deritend Group are delighted to announce that they have successfully secured a further roll out of fixed pump efficiency monitoring with Severn Trent Water, provider of water and sewerage services to over seven million customers in central England and parts of Wales. The roll-out will see up to 81 pumps [...]

65 Not Out for Longest Serving Employee

We'd like to say a very, very happy birthday to Wolverhampton's very own Pete Kumar, who turns 65 on Saturday! But there's no retirement party just yet for our Pete, after 49 years with the business, we're pleased to say we'll be benefiting from his extensive knowledge of motors, and years [...]

Happy Retirement Dennis after 48 Years!

On Friday June 3rd, Deritend staff gathered to say farewell and wish long-serving employee Dennis Busby a long, happy and healthy retirement. Dennis began his career with the company all the way back in August 1967, giving him 48 solid years working within the business, making him one of Deritend's longest [...]

Deritend Repair & Refurbishment Framework

The Deritend Group are delighted to announce that they have successfully retendered and been re-awarded a multi-year contract with Severn Trent Water for the repair and refurbishment of water process pumps. The framework, which will run for three years, is part of Severn Trent Water’s “Energy Efficiency Programme”, covering the efficiency [...]