Ratcliff (UK) Ltd has 150 years' experience in manufacturing equipment for applying protective and decorative coatings onto metal substrate, both in sheet and coil form.

The company was one of the first in the world to produce a machine for making lithographic printing plates, exporting to over 70 countries and holding the Queen's Award for Export Achievement.

Ratcliff is still headed by a member of the founding Ratcliff family. Pride in the job and world-class workmanship are hallmarks of the Ratcliff way.

Sheet coating equipment Production of items as diverse as food and beverage cans, oil drums and paint tins - indeed almost anything in a container - use Ratcliff technology.

Coil coating equipment Today, many Ratcliff machines are at work across the globe, making top-quality plates for items as diverse as dollar bill banknotes to pictures for magazines and newspapers in the Third World.

Fibre drum equipment Ratcliff have produced a wide range of metal sheet and fibre drum equipment for all the world's leading can and drum manufacturers.