SGS Engineering has expanded its catalogue with Rikä RK40 power tools, a unified 40V cordless platform built for tradespeople and demanding DIY users. The range runs to 58 products in total, covering impact wrenches, drills and cutting tools, and it sits alongside the retailer’s existing lines of tool chests, garage equipment and garden machinery.
The addition points to a broader shift in the UK power tools market, where cordless systems built around a single battery platform have become the preferred choice for tradespeople who want to move between jobs without carrying multiple chargers or mixed battery types. SGS Engineering is an authorised distributor of Rikä Power Tools, and the RK40 line is the clearest sign yet of how far that partnership now extends across the retailer’s product offer.
SGS Engineering has built its business around supplying tool chests, garage equipment and garden machinery to trade and DIY customers across the UK, and power tools have become an increasingly significant part of that catalogue. Adding a dedicated 40V platform under an authorised distributor arrangement gives the retailer a more complete offer for customers who might otherwise need to buy tools and batteries from several separate brands to cover the same range of jobs.
What the RK40 range covers
The RK40 line spans the tool categories most commonly used on site and in the workshop. It includes a selection of brushless impact wrenches, with models ranging from those suited to general fixing work up to heavier-duty versions built for wheel removal and structural fastening. Combi drills and an SDS-Plus rotary hammer cover drilling and light demolition tasks, while a circular saw, jigsaw and reciprocating saw handle cutting work across wood, metal and other materials.
Grinding and finishing are covered by a pair of braking angle grinders, which bring the disc to a stop quickly once the trigger is released, a safety detail that matters on a busy site where tools are regularly set down between cuts. A rotary car polisher extends the range beyond construction and joinery into detailing and bodywork use, broadening the appeal of the platform for mechanics and valeters as well as tradespeople on a building site.
Every tool in the line shares the same 40V battery platform, supported by a set of batteries, chargers and bundled kits. Buyers can choose individual tools to add to an existing setup or opt for packaged kits such as the Pro Impact Kit and the Construction Pro Kit, which group several tools and batteries together for customers setting up a van or workshop from scratch. For apprentices and smaller trade businesses in particular, a kit built around one battery platform can simplify what would otherwise be a gradual, piecemeal purchase of tools from several different brands.
The case for 40V
SGS Engineering is positioning the RK40 platform around battery performance as much as the range of tools on offer. The 40V batteries are designed to run cooler under sustained load and to hold consistent power output until they are close to depleted, difference tradespeople tend to notice most on long days or demanding jobs such as repeated drilling, cutting or fastening. Standard-voltage cordless tools can lose power as the battery runs down, which affects consistency during the final stages of a job, and a platform built around a higher base voltage is intended to close that gap.
Because the platform is unified, a single battery and charger system runs across the whole range. For a tradesperson carrying several tools between vans and sites, that means fewer chargers and battery types to manage, with less time spent waiting for a flat battery before the next job can start.
Heat is one of the main reasons battery-powered tools lose performance partway through a shift. High-draw tools such as grinders, saws and heavy-duty impact wrenches place a sustained load on a battery pack, and as a pack warms up its output can taper off well before it is actually empty. By engineering the RK40 batteries to run cooler under that kind of load, SGS Engineering and Rikä are aiming to keep output steadier for longer, so the last job of the day draws on roughly the same power as the first.
That focus on sustained performance also has a bearing on battery lifespan over time. Packs that run hotter tend to degrade faster across repeated charge cycles, so a cooler-running platform is pitched as a practical benefit for trade buyers who expect to put a battery through daily use for several years and not simply treat it as a short-term consumable.
Availability
Rikä RK40 power tools are available now through SGS Engineering’s website, sold individually or as part of bundled kits. As an authorised Rikä Power Tools distributor, SGS Engineering also handles warranty support and aftersales queries for the range, giving buyers a single point of contact alongside the rest of its tool chests, garage equipment and garden machinery catalogue.
That distinction matters more than it might first appear. Cordless tool platforms are a long-term purchase, since choosing one brand’s battery system tends to shape every tool a tradesperson buys for years afterwards. Buying through an authorised distributor gives customers access to genuine stock, proper warranty cover and a UK-based point of contact if something goes wrong, which is not always guaranteed with grey-market imports or unofficial resellers.
For a retailer built around equipping UK tradespeople and serious DIY users, the RK40 range adds a professional cordless system to sit alongside its existing offer, giving customers one more platform to weigh up before committing to years of work ahead.