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negotiating to buy the company out of administration . Aztec Northern , based in Buckie on the Moray Firth has since grown to be the jewel in our crown . The two key directors were given shares in the business and have , very much , made it their own .
“ Meanwhile in the West Midlands at Oiline , we had a site that was no longer manufacturing and without the right person to drive it forward , I decided to sell the site to one of our distributors who was keen to expand into the area . At this point in our evolution , we were still supplying a considerable amount of ‘ private label ’ lubricants to the independent distributors who had a substantial share of the market . This left us in a vulnerable position , as they had the ability to take the business to another blender , forcing us to work at ever diminishing margins . Producing ‘ private label ’ products , especially in smaller pack sizes , of one or five liters , is not economical from a manufacturing point of view , and with the development of our site and vastly increased warehousing facilities , it was decided we would redesign our Aztec brand which has proved to be incredibly effective in gaining market penetration . The focus was now on efficiency as we worked on lean manufacturing techniques to maximize output and keep costs down .
Strategic success
“ It became clear that lean manufacturing techniques and the service levels that are required by end users were not compatible and the drive was on to appoint regional ‘ Aztec Distributors ’ to ensure end user customers could access our products in a timely manner . In 2019 , an opportunity came along to purchase another , long established , lubricant blender with a history going back manufacturing-today . com 107