The challenge

Success story 01Wrekin needed to ensure the products being manufactured were compliant with the national standards in order to meet both customer specifications and the durability and safety requirements for the product applications.

As a growing manufacturer, Wrekin required its products to exceed stringent safety standards.

Wrekin had observed through the absence of standards application that some product materials could not achieve the required durability and safety requirements for given applications, when compared with those materials that did comply with standards.

It also noted that the absence of standards application for some materials caused customer confusion due to the significant variance and apparent lack of product equivalence for given applications.



Wrekin used standards to:

Improve clarity and confidence for specifiers using Wrekin’s products

Develop and innovate products whilst still complying with safety requirements

Become a sector leader by using and helping to develop standards


Solved with standards

From starting out as a BS EN 124 product merchant to improvements through designing and manufacturing, Wrekin has used standards to expand and grow the business. Standards have allowed the company to introduce third-party accreditation for their BS EN 124 manhole and gully top castings to ensure every Wrekin product is guaranteed to exceed the highest of performance requirements.

This approach enabled Wrekin to gain traction in the market by holding the same standards accreditations as much larger firms and also facilitated its involvement in the creation and development of those standards, thereby raising the performance and safety bar for the whole market.

Using BS EN 124 as a basis for product design - rather than ad-hoc performance specifications - ensures compliance and the certainty of design rules for safety-critical products while also allowing for flexibility and innovation.



Setting the standard for success

Standards enable you to:


Find out everything currently known in any particular area or on a specific subject - especially valuable for SMEs who don’t always have the resources of larger organizations.

Ensure you’re following the best practice for your industry. It’s faster and more cost- effective to demonstrate compliance with recognized standards.

Set the bar for everything but most importantly for safety. Standards show what is known to be safe at any given point in time, which gives companies and consumers confidence in their products.


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