WCA November 2016

Industry news

• Electrolytic plating • Candojet hot water cleaning • Electrolytic & Ultrasonic degreasing • Welding wire cleaning and copper coating • Pickling & phosphating www.candorsweden.com

…in five years assured that they are receiving a full service from individuals who understand our products, speak their language and understand their business cultures.”

It is the Metalube team that is the backbone of the company and in the past five years the work force has nearly doubled from 21 to 40 staff. The company has a family culture and dedicates considerable time and investment to staff training and investment. 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.

Copperjet - High speed copper coating on welding wire

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. 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 ❍ One of the new blending tanks at the site

CANDOR Sweden AB Tel: +46 11 21 75 00 Fax: +46 11 12 63 12 Email: info@candorsweden.com

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

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