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Our plan is to develop further into Asia and Africa, markets we already have some loyal distributors in, as they value a Made in England lubricant. The next challenge is to find additional distributors to partner with in the free countries that would work well alongside our existing business. Once we find the right partners, we can really start to show them the benefits of working with Exol.”
Alongside winning awards and expanding geographically, Exol also invests heavily in implementing new technologies within its facilities. Over the last few years, this has included its pigging line in Rotherham, Yorkshire, a £ 1.2 million investment in a state-of-the-art automated liquid transfer system, delivered to reduce waste product lost during the blending process. Additionally, the company installed new‘ Bag in the Box’ packaging in January with the purpose also being to cut waste.“ Selling these boxes with the plastic bag inside means that our customers can take them on site, if they’ re repairing a hydraulic hose on a JCB, for example, and then they can remove the bag and flatten the box once they’ ve finished with the product. This obviously reduces a significant amount of waste and saves a lot of space in the delivery vehicles.” Reducing waste and adapting processes to become more sustainable is an important part of the company’ s strategy. Not only is its Rotherham plant a green solution, but Exol also moves oil across the county via its barge, which is the most environmentally friendly fleet, and has won numerous environmental awards for this initiative, alongside the use of solar panels onsite at its head office in Wednesbury, West Midlands, to cut carbon emissions and save energy costs.
Redevelopment of its five-acre Wednesbury site is ongoing, following a
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