Goodridge is the world’s leading manufacturer of performance fluid transfer systems. They operate in the OEM, automotive, motorcycle, motorsport, defence and specialist industrial sectors.
This dynamic private company manufactures in ten facilities globally and supplies customers around the world with a unique combination of design, innovation, reliability and outstanding service. Goodridge operates globally with manufacturing and distribution operations in the UK, USA, Mexico and Europe, employing more than 300 people worldwide.
A world leader in Fluid Transfer Systems
Values
Goodridge is founded on principles of quality and innovation, guided by the maverick spirit that established Goodridge as the world leading provider of fluid transfer systems. Goodridge manufactures in ten facilities globally, supplying customers around the world with a unique combination of innovation, agile problem solving, reliability and outstanding service.
Vision
To be the world’s leading supplier of fluid transfer systems to the OEM, automotive, motorcycle, motorsport, defence and specialist industrial sectors, by providing unbeatable quality and service to customers and recruiting and retaining the best industry talent.
History
Goodridge was founded by Stuart Goodridge in Totnes, Devon (UK) in 1969. Following his return from a successful racing career in Canada, Stuart began assembling and selling aerospace fluid transfer components to motorsport race teams. The company remained housed in a listed building on Collins Road, Totnes, until 1988 when the company purchased and developed a site on the Exeter Airport Business Park. In the same year, plants were opened in France, Germany, Spain, Holland, Mexico, and two in the USA.
The airport site was developed and repeatedly extended over 28 years, passing the company’s 40th anniversary. In 2012, Otter Court was acquired on Marsh Barton Trading Estate, to accommodate plans for vertical integration and focus on delivering cost improvements to the business and customers.
Goodridge was acquired by Rubicon Grovepoint Industries LLP in 2013. With £3m of investment in the company since 2013, in July 2016 Goodridge’s UK operations merged at the Dart Building on Exeter Business Park, bringing 148 of the group’s 370 global workforce together.