EuroWire November 2016

News Corporate

…in five years The company has a family culture and dedicates considerable time and investment to staff training and invest- ment. It also hosts a variety of social events, which bring people from across the business together. The company last year made a huge investment opening a brand new Manchester laboratory, which is now fully operational having doubled its capacity to 126m². The space provides a bright and airy workplace for solving tough everyday technical challenges. It is purpose-built and fitted with specialist furniture and equipment. The facility meets all the requirements for a modern lubricant developer. Alongside the laboratory the company invested £100,000 in new equipment to further enhance development capability. This new apparatus includes a Stanhope Seta 4-ball tester, Mettler differential scanning calorimeter and Liebisch Kesternich cabinet, which all cover the key functional properties of friction and wear, thermal stability and corrosion protection. With success and growth comes the need for more manufacturing and warehouse space and fortunately this year the site adjacent to the Manchester plant became available. This increases the space accessible to the company by over 70 per cent and Metalube now occupies a one-hectare site, which includes a 3,000m 2 covered factory, warehousing and office space alongside its new laboratory.

▲ ▲ One of the new blending tanks at the site

The company has also purchased four new Jungheinrich forklift trucks to service this new and improved operation. Two new blending tanks have also been purchased, which enhance manufacturing capability, enabling the company to keep up with increased demand. Robert Brown added: “We are never complacent and are always looking at new ways to grow and improve. As a management team, we have made an on-going commitment to invest profits back into the business, improving the way we work and adding to our productivity. “This strategy has proven wise, given the demand we now have for our range of superior quality lubricants.” Metalube Ltd – UK Website : www.metalube.co.uk

▼ ▼ The company built a new laboratory and invested over £100,000 in new equipment

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