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Instantor R-Press fittings available through RSL

UK: Instantor’s R-Press press fittings are now available through branches of RSL Group Wholesalers.

R-Press fittings are designed to provide a quick and secure way to join pipework in high-pressure applications, up to 48bar, including refrigeration, air conditioning, heat pumps (refrigeration side), and variable flow systems.

RSL has branches across the UK and Ireland, including London, Manchester, Coventry, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, Galway and Cork.

Tom Dickson, Instantor’s national sales manager, said: “R-Press fittings have proven extremely popular since being launched at InstallerShow 2025. We’re thrilled to have agreed a new partnership with RSL Group who share very similar values to our own.”

Instantor has been supplying the heating and plumbing trade since its establishment in Dublin in 1926.

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