A Hat Trick as Metalube is presented its King’s Award for Enterprise

Manchester based lubricant leader Metalube was today thrilled to welcome The Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, Mrs Diane Hawkins JP LLB to its Irlam headquarters in Manchester.  The company was formally presented The King’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2023.  This is Metalube’s third award of this type, being one of only three other businesses in the Northwest to have received this accolade.

The 2023 King’s Award recognises steady growth in international exports.  The company has been recognised for outstanding continuous growth in overseas sales over the past five years and triumphed over stiff competition.

Commenting on this success, Managing Director, Robert Brown says: “Today was a very proud day for the company and we were thrilled to welcome The Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester to our factory.  She did a fabulous job of making it a memorable occasion and helped to hand out Easter Eggs to all our staff.  I am privileged to work alongside such talented and dedicated colleagues, who have all helped to achieve these fantastic results.  It is very gratifying to have our hard work and commitment recognised.

The Metalube Group is a group of industrial lubricants brands – Metalube, Molyslip and Vapor-Tek.  The company exports 95% of its production to over 100 countries worldwide and has offices in Manchester, Dubai, Mumbai, São Paulo and Shanghai.  From its UK headquarters are in Irlam Manchester where the company has a fully integrated lubricant manufacturing facility, including state-of-the-art science laboratories.