EuroWire March 2017

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New owner for Siri Wire

Promotion and new recruits As part of its continued expansion Metalube has promoted Wayne Thornhill to product manager along with recruiting Dexin Luo as development chemist and Jon Dutton as technical sales manager. Mr Thornhill, who has been with the company for three years, will now manage the Metaform range of products. Mr Dutton joins Metalube from Houghton and will be supporting Mr Thornhill in his first commercial role, having started his career in the laboratory. Ms Luo, a chemistry graduate from Manchester University, will work closely with Metalube China, helping to develop its technical excellence. She will divide her time between the UK and China. and maintenance lubricants as well as a variety of corrosion protection and forming oils. This experienced exporter already has offices in China, India, Brazil and UAE. Metalube manufactures a range of non-ferrous drawing oils

HITCHCOCK Enterprises has acquired Connecticut, USA, based stainless steel wire producer Siri Wire Co. Founded in 1992, Siri Wire has been a family-owned manufacturer of stainless steel and nickel alloy wire and will continue to offer quality wire products from its current location. Providing products to the automotive, spring, wire forming and cold heading industries, Siri Wire will continue to build on a strong foundation with new product offerings. Hitchcock Enterprises, led by president Bryan Hitchcock, is a natural fit as he and his father David have been key components to the outside sales of Siri Wire over the last 16 years. Together Bryan and David have over 45 years’ combined experience in the wire business, and look to use experience and expertise to grow and diversify the company. Being able to continue to operate as a family-owned business was important to the Hitchcocks, and the day-to-day operations will continue to be led by general manager Tammy Joly and plant manager Rick Nelson, both long-time key employees of the mill. “It gives me great pleasure to announce this acquisition, there is a great deal of pride from the workforce at Siri,” said Bryan Hitchcock. “It is our mission to continue to grow the business and maintain jobs in our local economy. “Siri Wire’s goal is not only to develop new relationships but to maintain and strengthen its current customer base by supplying high quality wire products.”

Going forward the company will continue operations as Siri Wire.

Metalube Ltd – UK Website : www.metalube.co.uk

Hitchcock Enterprises LLC – USA

Website : www.hitchcockenterprises.com

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