December 5, 2014
Metalube secured its second Queen’s Award for Enterprise at a ceremony held at the company’s Manchester headquarters, by Mrs Edith Conn, Her Majesty’s Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester. The Innovation Award was made to Metalube for inventing OCG 6000, a synthetic grease that protects over-head line electrical conductors. The corrosion-preventing grease can operate at over 200 degrees centigrade with an operational life exceeding 20 years. OCG 6000 extends the lives of conductors and ultimately, saves capital investments by delaying future renewal of pylon infrastructure.
This is the second successive year that the company has been bestowed a Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Exporting to over 86 countries worldwide, the company won in the International Trade category in 2013. Metalube manufactures a range of non-ferrous drawing oils and maintenance lubricants as well as a variety of corrosion protection and forming oils.
