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With continuous growth including the development of new products we will soon be recruiting for a number of new positions.
Last month Romaquip supplied Cork County Council with their new fleet of six spreaders and ploughs.
This new fleet consists of permanent mount Ultima II pre-wet spreaders mounted on Volvo Trucks FE 6x4 chassis c/w Snow Ploughs. The spreaders are full specification c/w with all the latest innovations and technologies available, such as automated spreading, live tracking, rear chevron board for high-speed spreading & ploughing and HD CCTV.
We’ve recruited some new design engineers!
On Friday 4th August, we invited all at Romaquip to bring in their children for a fun-filled afternoon to help us decorate our soapboxes for the Crinkill Soapbox Race.
Romaquip Ltd. are delighted to be the main sponsor of the 2023 Crinkill Soap Box Race! This year’s winner will receive a memorial cup named in honour of our late founder, John McKeown.
Last week on a beautiful summers day Romaquip Ltd. were delighted to host engineering students & teachers from St. Brendan’s Community School Birr.
The tour provided an opportunity for the students and teachers to see first-hand some of the exciting design and engineering developments which we are currently working on.
It is with deep regret that that we announce the passing of our founder and managing director Mr. John McKeown.
John fought a long battle against cancer for many years and died peacefully at his home on the 02nd May 2023 surrounded by his family.
Not long to go now to Cold Comfort Scotland 2023 in association with Highways Magazine which will be held on Thursday 20th April in the Macdonald Inchyra Hotel, Falkirk.
Romaquip Ltd. will be exhibiting. Call to stand no. 22 where Matt Patanden and our UK sales team will be available all day to discuss our Winter Maintenance spreaders and ploughs including our new Ultima II range of permanent and demount spreaders.
Prior to the winter season Romaquip Ltd. supplied 4no. tipper bodies, Ultima II demount spreaders & Snow ploughs mounted on Volvo Trucks FE 6x4 chassis to the Department of Infrastructure NI.
The tipper bodies were a bespoke design to suit the specific requirements of the customer and include many new innovations and safety designs.
The new Ultima II demount spreader fleet are a mixture of pre-wet & dry spreaders and are designed to fit seamlessly into the tipper to allow the operator to quickly load the spreader and have it ready for operation within minutes.
Romaquip are proud to be the Headline Sponsor of the CIWM Resource Conference 2023 in Cardiff tomorrow 22nd March.
Call to our Stand and have chat with Matt Patanden about how the Romaquip Kerb-Sort vehicle has helped our customers across the UK achieve record recycling rates.
Prior to the Winter Season, Romaquip supplied Vale of Glamorgan Council with their first batch of a new fleet of spreaders and ploughs.
This batch consisted of 3no. permanent mount dry spreaders mounted on Volvo FE 6x4 chassis c/w Snow Ploughs.
National Highways are and it’s all thanks to Romaquip Ltd. as we will soon complete the supply of a new fleet of winter maintenance vehicles.
Since 2018 we have supplied National Highways with a new fleet of 443 gritters and snow ploughs mounted on chassis procured from Volvo Trucks.
Our director Stephen McKeown was recently invited to Irish Commercials to meet the current President of Volvo Trucks Mr. Roger Alm.
Romaquip have partnered with Volvo Trucks for many years and we have supplied nearly 800 permanently mounted spreaders & snow ploughs c/w Volvo Chassis to customers all over Ireland and the UK since 2010.
Winter is here and Romaquip & our customers are ready!
Romaquip have been busy during summer months making sure all our Winter maintenance vehicles are serviced, calibrated & ready for the spreading season.
Since 2008, Romaquip have had a long successful partnership with National Highways to deliver gritting vehicles complete with snow ploughs throughout the UK. It is a pleasure to work with an organisation that strives to develop and improve their service using all the latest technologies available.
Just 3 days to go until the APSE - Association for Public Service Excellence Future Focus Seminar 2022 in Broadway House, London
The countdown to IFAT 2022 in Munich has started, only 4 days to go!!
IFAT worldwide is the world’s leading trade fair and Romaquip Ltd. will be exhibiting this year.
Call to Hall C6, stand 239 where you will be able to walkaround the latest product offerings from Romaquip; our Ultima II Combi+ winter maintenance spreader & plough and the new RQ-E fully electric Kerb-Sort recycling vehicle.
Not long to go now for Cold Comfort, Scotland on Thursday 07th April in Falkirk
Romaquip will be there and are looking forward to what will be a great day.
If you fancy learning more on our winter maintenance product range including all our new products such as the full liquid spreader and our new and improved Combi+ spreader visit us on Stand 22
We are exhibiting at the OWL Live Wales Exhibition on Thursday 31st March in Voco St. David's, Cardiff.
We will be exhibiting at the Irish Waste Management Conference in the Hogan Suite, Croke Park, Dublin on Thursday 10th March.
The event is hosted by the Irish Waste Management Association (IWMA) and CIWM Republic of Ireland Centre.
Recently we had the privilege of hosting some students from the Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board.
The students are studying a welding and fabrication course provided by the LOETB.
Another new fleet of Romaquip Ultima II Gritters are rolling of the production line weekly on their way to the South Wales Trunk Road Agent (SWTRA).
A total of 27 new Romaquip Ultima II gritting vehicles will be delivered to SWTRA this year, 19 of which have already been dispatched and will add to their current fleet of 13 Romaquip gritters which were delivered in 2020 & 2021.
It's that time of year again, Winter season has arrived.
We wish all the gritter drivers a safe spreading season as they keep the roads safe for users over the next few months.
Romaquip will be exhibiting at the Resourcing the future conference 2021 on the 20th & 21st of October at One Great George Street, London.
Fancy learning more on our product range including our new fully electric Kerb-Sort, the RQ-E.
Come visit our stand at the Northern Ireland Waste Expo.
Another fleet of Romaquip Ultima II gritters are rolling out across the UK this season.
A total of 120 new Romaquip Ultima II gritting vehicles will be delivered to National Highways this year and will add to their Romaquip fleet of 191 vehicles which have already been delivered since 2018, with another 132 due for delivery next year as part of a two year roll out.
Come visit us on Stand M1 and our team will be on-hand to show you the new and improved Romaquip Kerb-Sort Vehicle.
We are exhibiting at the Letsrecycle Live exhibition in Stoneleigh, Coventry on the 15th & 16th September.
Come visit Matt Patanden and our sales team on stand M1 who will be announcing some exciting news on our range of Kerb-Sort recycling vehicles including new product offerings which are now available.
NEW PRODUCT: Introducing the latest vehicle to join our Winter Maintenance product offering, the Romaquip Ultima II fully automatic full wet spreader c/w motorway snow plough. Designed to be the most cost effective and reliable full wet unit available. The spreader has a capacity of 16,000 litres and can spread at a rate of up to 40grams.
Romaquip recently supplied new fleets of ULTIMA II spreaders & ploughs to Egis Lagan (22no.) Colas Roadbridge (13no.) & Globalvia Jons (15no.). The vehicles will be used to treat the Irish road network in Area’s A, B & C.
Our opening hours for the festive period are shown below and if you need emergency assistance for parts or breakdown during this time our 24hr helplines are available.