Ambitious Growth Plans for Port Talbot based Rhino Doors

Ambitious Growth Plans for Port Talbot based Rhino Doors

 

Rhino Doors in Port Talbot is growing in strength to match the power of its products.

 

More than 20 years after the former Rio Tinto Zinc firm started development of a unique door design, Rhino Doors is leading innovation in the field of attack, blast, bullet and vehicle ram resistant security doors and gates.

 

Perhaps one of Port Talbot’s best kept secrets, Rhino Doors has a portfolio of high-profile clients, supplying to the likes of the Bank of England, Royal Mail, the Ministry of Defence and major rail infrastructure projects in the UK.

 

With increasing demand for their award winning services and ambitions to grow their product range, in 2016 the company moved to larger premises at

Llewellyn’s Quay, within the Port Talbot Waterfront Enterprise Zone.

 

The new premises have provided Rhino Doors with 70% additional manufacturing space, increasing their production capabilities by up to four times due to facility layout improvements, enabling the firm to acquire additional UK customers and increase their international export capability.

 

Managing director Stuart Lawrence said: “The relocation of Rhino Doors was long overdue.  We now have greater capacity to meet the demands of future projects in line with our product expansion plan.”

 

“The successful completion of our five-year plan will see us securing overseas clientele and treble our turnover within the next five years. It will also in turn create a number of skilled manufacturing jobs.”

 

Over the next 12 to 18 months, Rhino Doors will invest over £250k in new product development, including diversification into perimeter security systems such as pedestrian protection via automated bollards.

 

Rhino currently has a workforce of 25 and plans to increase this significantly over the next 12 months.

 

The development of the company has been supported by Neath Port Talbot Council who assisted in their relocation and the company paid tribute to the support they had from the local authority.

 

Mr Lawrence added: “Neath Port Talbot Council’s Business Development team has provided valuable advice on funding opportunities and supported our expansion and product development plans.”

 

Councillor Annette Wingrave, Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Sustainable Development said: “I am delighted to see the company flourishing and I look forward to the successful delivery of the company’s growth and product expansion plans.

 

“Rhino Doors have settled into their new, larger premises well and I am confident that they will provide more employment opportunities for local people in the future.

 

“Port Talbot is an excellent area for all size enterprises and we are pleased to be able to accommodate those who expand as their businesses reach new heights.”

 

Now the firm is embarking on an ambitious growth plan and extending its product ranges to reach international markets and sectors, recently revealing a sleek new brand to attract a global audience.

Rhino recently attended trade shows in Oman and Dubai where they succeeded in establishing a key manufacturing partner in the region.

Rhino and Qatar Metal Industries (QMI) are in the process of setting up a jointly owned manufacturing facility in Dubai which will enable Rhino to bring their innovative and world-leading solutions to infrastructure projects, security services, defence and petrochemical projects in the Middle East region.

Rhino’s Stuart Lawrence added “This joint venture, once implemented will provide Rhino with the perfect platform to launch our expanding technology and product range into the Gulf Cooperation Council region. With the existing experience and expertise present within QMI, this partnership will provide customers in the region with access to quality, British engineered designs.

 

Cynlluniau twf uchelgeisiol ar gyfer cwmni Rhino Doors o Bort Talbot

 

Mae Rhino Doors ym Mhort Talbot yn tyfu mewn nerth i gyd-fynd â phŵer ei gynnyrch.

 

Fwy nag 20 mlynedd ar ôl i hen gwmni Rio Tinto Zinc ddechrau datblygu dyluniad drws unigryw, mae Rhino Doors yn arwain arloesedd ym maes drysau a gatiau sy’n gallu gwrthsefyll ymosodiadau, ffrwydradau, bwledi ac ymosodiadau gan gerbydau.

 

Mae gan gwmni Rhino Doors, sydd o bosib yn un o gyfrinachau gorau Port Talbot, bortffolio o gleientiaid pwysig iawn, ac mae’n cyflenwi cynnyrch i sefydliadau megis Banc Lloegr, y Post Brenhinol, y Weinyddiaeth Amddiffyn a phrosiectau isadeiledd rheilffyrdd mawr yn y DU.

 

Gyda’r galw cynyddol am ei wasanaethau arobryn a’r dyhead i ehangu amrediad ei gynnyrch, yn 2016 symudodd y cwmni i safle mwy yng

Nghei Llewellyn, ym Mharth Menter Glannau Port Talbot.

 

Mae’r eiddo newydd wedi rhoi 70% yn fwy o le gweithgynhyrchu i Rhino Doors, gan gynyddu ei allu cynhyrchu hyd at bedair gwaith oherwydd gwelliannau i gynllun y cyfleuster, gan alluogi’r cwmni i gael mwy o gwsmeriaid o’r DU a chynyddu ei allu i allforio’n rhyngwladol.

 

Meddai’r Cyfarwyddwr Rheoli, Stuart Lawrence, “Bu disgwyl mawr am adleoli Rhino Doors .  Mae gennym bellach fwy o allu i ateb galwadau prosiectau’r dyfodol yn unol â’n cynllun i ehangu cynnyrch.”

 

Trwy gwblhau ein cynllun pum mlynedd yn llwyddiannus, gallwn sicrhau cleientiaid tramor a threblu ein trosiant yn y pum mlynedd nesaf. Bydd hefyd yn ei dro yn creu nifer o swyddi gweithgynhyrchu medrus.”

 

Dros y 12 i 18 mis nesaf, bydd Rhino Doors yn buddsoddi dros £250k i ddatblygu cynnyrch newydd, gan gynnwys arallgyfeirio i systemau diogelwch terfynau allanol megis diogelu cerddwyr drwy ddefnyddio bolardiau awtomatig.

 

Ar hyn o bryd, mae gan Rhino Doors weithlu o 25 ac mae’n bwriadu cynyddu hyn yn sylweddol dros y 12 mis nesaf.

 

Cefnogwyd datblygiad y cwmni gan Gyngor Castell-nedd Port Talbot a gynorthwyodd y cwmni i adleoli. Talodd y cwmni deyrnged i’r cyngor am y gefnogaeth roeddent wedi’i chael ganddo.

 

Ychwanegodd Mr Lawrence, “Mae tîm Datblygu Busnes Castell-nedd Port Talbot wedi darparu cyngor gwerthfawr ar gyfleoedd cyllido ac wedi cefnogi’n cynlluniau i ehangu a datblygu mwy o gynnyrch.”

 

Meddai’r Cynghorydd Annette Wingrave, Aelod y Cabinet dros Adfywio a Datblygu Cynaliadwy, “Rwy’n falch iawn o weld y cwmni’n ffynnu ac edrychaf ymlaen at weld y cwmni’n tyfu ac yn cyflwyno’i gynlluniau ehangu’n llwyddiannus.

 

“Mae cwmni Rhino Doors wedi ymgartrefu’n dda yn ei safle newydd, mwy ac rwy’n hyderus y bydd yn darparu mwy o gyfleoedd cyflogaeth i bobl leol yn y dyfodol.

 

“Mae Port Talbot yn ardal ragorol ar gyfer menter o bob maint ac rydym yn falch o allu rhoi cymorth i’r rhai sy’n ehangu wrth i’w busnesau ddatblygu a ffynnu.”

 

Mae’r cwmni bellach yn dechrau ar gynllun twf uchelgeisiol ac yn ehangu  amrediad ei gynnyrch i gyrraedd marchnadoedd a sectorau rhyngwladol, gan ddatgelu brand newydd, slic i ddenu cynulleidfa fyd-eang.

Bu cwmni Rhino mewn sioeau masnach yn ddiweddar yn Oman a Dubai lle llwyddodd i gadarnhau partner gweithgynhyrchu allweddol yn y rhanbarth.

Mae Rhino a Qatar Metal Industries (QMI)  yn y broses o sefydlu cyfleuster gweithgynhyrchu a berchnogir ar y cyd yn Dubai a fydd yn galluogi Rhino i ddod â’i atebion arloesol, sy’n flaenllaw yn fyd-eang, i brosiectau isadeiledd, gwasanaethau diogelwch, prosiectau amddiffyn a phetrocemegol yn rhanbarth y Dwyrain Canol.

Ychwanegodd Stuart Lawrence o gwmni Rhino, “Bydd y fenter ar y cyd hon, wedi iddi gael ei rhoi ar waith, yn rhoi’r llwyfan perffaith i Rhino i lansio’n technoleg a’n hamrediad cynnyrch estynedig yn rhanbarth Cyngor Cydweithrediad y Gwlff. Gyda’r profiad presennol a’r arbenigedd sydd ar gael yn QMI, bydd y bartneriaeth hon yn rhoi mynediad i gwsmeriaid yn y rhanbarth i ddyluniadau o safon wedi’u saernïo ym Mhrydain.