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Marine field trials are successfully undertaken, proving the
performance of ClearShield; Ritec introduce it for use on commercial
and industrial buildings

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1986
The
ClearShield System is born, designed to upgrade ordinary glass into
ClearShield 'Non-Stick' Glass, either in the factory or onsite.

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1986 - 1987
ClearShield 'Non-Stick' Glass is featured many times on BBC-1
Tomorrow’s World, one of the UK’s oldest and most popular
TV programmes.

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1987
ClearShield wins the Prince of Wlaes Award for Innovation and
Protection and a Blue Ribbon Award at the Daily Mail Idea Home
Exhibition, the UK's largest consumer exhibition.

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1988
Ritec
acquires a formulation originally developed for protection of offshore
oil platforms and adapted it for use on paintwork, plastics, metals and
wood.

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1991
The
Ritecoat System is born, designed to renovate and protect a range of
surfaces.

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1994
Nace
Transparencia en Servicios como una empresa familiar, 100% mexicana, la
cual encontró en el mercado un producto novedoso que permite
brindar a los consumidores un valor agregado a sus cristales,
manteniéndolos siempre como nuevos y mucho más
fácil de limpiar

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2000
The
British Design Council selects the ClearShield System as a Millennium
Product, acknowledging Ritec’s ongoing commitment to the
development of innovative ‘non-stick’ surface technology.

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2002
Ritec relocates the
head office team from Tottenham to new premises at Innova Science Park
in Enfield, Middlesex. This move was part of their plan to support
continuing growth and business development.
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Ritec International Ltd is granted the Investors in People Award.
The VoltShield System is introduced, specially developed for the
renovation, protection and maintenance of glazed ceramic and glass
electrical insulators.


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2003
A
joint venture in USA is formed, ClearShield Technologies LLC based in
Chicago, offering ClearShield to the United States and Canada.

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2004
Bohle
ClearShield is formed, a joint venture between Ritec International Ltd
and Bohle AG, based in Germany. Bohle ClearShield was formed
specifically to provide a wide range of solutions for the renovation,
protection and maintenance of glass in continental Europe, excluding
Italy, Croatia and Turkey.

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2005
Ritec
wins the "Specialist of the Year" Award at the UK glass industry's G 05
Awards, thus recognising the company's pioneering work which started
out over 20 years ago.

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