December 2009
We were saddened to hear that Alan Rundle OBE recently passed away. Alan was a long serving member of the Wright Rain team in its earlier days and was MD and Chairman of the group in the 1970's. The attached newsletter click here from the period shows Alan being presented to HM The Queen during the 1972 Royal Show. Our condolences go to Alan's widow and family at this sad time.
June 2009
Plant And Waste Recycling Show 15-17 June
We are exhibiting as specialists in dust suppression and odour control.
May 2009
Thank you for making it our best ever Chelsea Flower Show ! We are also very proud to support the B&Q Help for Heroes garden. Click here to read more about the Heroes garden
Chelsea Flower Show
Tuesday, and already the show is really busy...
Chelsea Flower Show 19-23 May - H2O Stand EA81
Following the successful acquisition of M.I.S.C. Irrigation, the Wright Group is delighted to using the facility of their H2O stand at Chelsea to re-launch the highly acclaimed range of Macpenny Mist Control Units. The Macpenny name is respected throughout the world as the leading manufacturer of horticulture irrigation and misting products but the brand was nearly lost until the timely intervention by the Wright Group who recognised the importance of keeping this quality name alive.
A new production line is now in the process of being completed at the Ringwood based premises of Wright Rain Ltd and group Managing Director Richard Allen said “The Macpenny brand is a welcome addition to the existing quality products and services already on offer through the group and in particular is well suited to the range of products available through agriculture based Wright Rain Ltd”. The show at Chelsea presents the ideal opportunity to reach the large customer base that have come to rely on these quality products and Richard went on to add that he was looking forward to meeting old and new Macpenny customers alike at Chelsea.
Port Of Tyne - Dust Suppression Contract
Wright Rain Ltd are delighted to have been awarded a substantial contract to provide a suppression system for the control of coal dust at the massive Port of Tyne complex in Newcastle.
For years coal has been imported into the UK. Arriving daily in huge ships from various countries including Russia, Venezuela and Colombia, much of this cargo is discharged at the Port of Tyne dockyard before being transported by train onward to power stations throughout the UK. The speed of turnaround is impressive but this has in turn produced dust problems made worse by the make up of tiny particles of coal which have a tendency to drift skywards very easily, especially in dry windy conditions. This had become a major concern for the port authorities in particular because of the effects to other activities within the general dock area. Read the full article
April 2009
Wright Rain are please to announce that the Port of Tyne have awarded a large dust suppression contract for the coal forwarding site in Newcastle upon Tyne. The contract is one of the largest dust suppression installation in the UK and is the second system of this type that the company has provided. Bristol Port was the first and the company is sure that the Port of Tyne will be the second of a string of other installations.
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January 2009
We would like to thank all of the customers and potential customers who took the time to come and see us at LAMMA09, it was great to see so many of you. It was a very successful show for us and we will be kept busy over the next few weeks dealing with all of your interesting enquiries before we start to get ready for the Hillhead and Royal Highland shows this summer where we hope to see some of you again.
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August 2008
As part of a major re-generation of Palm Oil Production in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa, Wright Rain are delighted to have been awarded the contract to design and supply a Nursery Irrigation System for the first stage of a 30,000ha main project development. The whole project will take up to 20 years to complete.
Wright Rain has designed the system in conjunction with the client to apply a water application of 10mm every day over the entire nursery area by hand move impact sprinkler on 1.5metre risers.
2.5ha is irrigated by 84 sprinklers in 1.6hours and 5 settings are obtained in the 8 hour working day. A second set of sprinklers is being moved into position whilst the other set is irrigating. This nursery will be doubled in size next year.
The system is powered by a Wright Rain 156hp Perkins turbocharged diesel engined pump, with a second unit on stand-by and carrying out irrigation trials on the main production areas.
To make the system design more of a challenge, the river is over 80 metres below the nursery area. Therefore, high pressure steel piping is used for the feed to the nursery.
Twin 3” aluminium lateral mains are left in position throughout the nursery and 50mm PE sprinkler laterals feed the sprinklers on tripods with quick-bayonet couplers.
The photographs show the equipment being loaded into 40ft containers at the Wright Rain Depot in Southampton on their first leg of a three month journey to Kinshasa and then several weeks by ferry up the Congo River then the Kasai tributary.
Wright Rain are respected for their expertise in design of specialist irrigation projects throughout the World and are currently working closely with clients in Cameroon, Liberia, Nigeria and the Middle East
Wright Rain is pleased to have been awarded a contract for the Cameroon, West Africa, for the supply of diesel engined pump units.
The units have been designed for the specific irrigation application on wheeled chasis with integral diesel fuel tanks and automatic, exhaust priming for ease of operation.
Four of the units are shown being loaded into a 20ft container in the Wrights Rain yard in Southampton on the first leg of their journey to Douala.
Another Wright Rain client active in Cameroon, is carrying out extensive developments of their Oil Palm plantations and has awarded the design and supply contract to Wright Rain for delivery during September.
Further activity is expected in the region over the next few months.
