Change for the better

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Formed in 1976, Ridgway Optical originally supplied manufacturers in Britain with raw materials for production. 'We supplied the two most important optical products at the time - Mazzucchelli acetate sheets and Comotec hinges and temples,' says David Ridgway. As competition from Far Eastern manufacturing became fiercer, the company decided to change direction and focus on distribution of a finished product.

At the beginning of last year, the company moved to new premises just outside Banbury, Oxfordshire. The new building not only allowed the company to improve its green credentials through the business park's wooden biomass boiler, which provides the rest of the park with heating and hot water, but more importantly the move allows the company to focus on one of its core business principles of delivering high levels of service.