WCA November 2013

Royal award and boosting Indian office

Mhatre for Western India. The process of building ‘team India’ will continue as Metalube grows, with the company strategy to appoint locally based engineers in the key Indian markets. Amit Gupte, general manager, Metalube India, said: “The company is providing total lubrication management and support to all its customers, both in the field of copper and aluminium wire drawing applications. We maintain sufficient stock of Metalube’s Lubricool, Alumol and Inoxol range to meet any immediate customer requirements.” He added: “I’d like to welcome on-board our two new application engineers and with their support we look forward to growing the Metalube India business even further in 2013/14.” Based in Irlam, Greater Manchester, Metalube also has offices in China, India and Brazil. Metalube Ltd – UK Website : www.metalube.co.uk

Warren Smith JP, Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, presented Metalube Ltd with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade. The Lord Lieutenant was welcomed and thanked by Metalube’s founder and managing director, David Lee, who said what a proud day it was for him and the company. Mr Lee also thanked all the Metalube employees for their hard work and commitment to the company. He conveyed how pleased he was to welcome members of the team to Irlam from China, Brazil, India, Hong Kong and Malaysia. The company is very much a family business with three sets of fathers and sons amongst the team working for them – and this was apparent at the ceremony, with three generations of various families there to witness the proud ceremony. The company’s Indian operation has progressed well since its inception in

September 2011, winning both new businesses and retaining existing customers. Due to this success, two new members have recently been added to the Metalube India team: application engineers Prashant Sharma resp- onsible for Northern India, and Chirag ❍ ❍ Warren Smith JP, Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, with Metalube managing director David Lee at the awards ceremony

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