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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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