EoW January 2013

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New €350,000 laboratory starts operation

After nine months of construction, Dresden lubrication specialist Elaskon has put its new laboratory into operation. With a footprint of around 400m 2 , €350,000 has been invested in the structure alone. Taking into account the investment in laboratory technology the overall costs run to something like €1.2 million. Ideal conditions for the further financial success of the company have been created through the modern laboratory. Once the new production facilities started operation in 2003, and with the opening of the logistics centre in 2008, the construction of the laboratory is the third of a total of four large-scale investments on the company’s premises. Later this year a new filling and storage hall will be built for the wide range of corrosion-protection and lubrication products and release agents. Elaskon has sustained its position in the wire rope lubricant field for decades, now exporting to 56 countries. Five out of a total of 72 staff work in the lab, in both

▲ ▲ The newly opened laboratory

protection products, upholstery cleaning agents, paint-care merchandise and a multifunctional oil for every kind of mechanical application have been launched. Elaskon Sachsen GmbH & Co KG – Germany Website : www.elaskon.de

quality control and in the development of new products. As a result of the broad demand for care products that go beyond corrosion protection Elaskon has greatly extended its range over the last few years.

Along with the established corrosion-

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