Trading since 1921, Witham Oil & Paint Ltd is a privately owned, family run business with its Head Office and lubricant manufacturing based in Lincoln. We also have a trade shop, decorating centre and distribution warehouse in Soham, Cambridgeshire. The business is today collectively known as The Witham Group and is now one of the UK’s leading independent manufacturers of a whole range of commercial and industrial lubricants and paints.
We are very proud of our culture and over t... Read More
OUR SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES
In recent years there has been a global move and increased desire for people and their businesses to choose more environmentally sustainable products, use less toxic ingredients, ensure sustainable supply chains and find ways to reduce their carbon footprints.
Traditionally in the lubricant industry, additives, chemicals and fossil-based energy have been essential to the manufacturing process. However, several years ago Witham Group challenged oursel... Read More
The engine oil’s primary job is to lubricate the moving parts. It does this by forming a thin film over the machined surfaces of the engine’s components to prevent them from actually touching each other, and therefore causing friction, wear and damage. Lubricants however do more than lubricate – they prevent corrosion, take heat away from the combustion chambers aiding the cooling system, and remove any potentially damaging dirt particles from the engine by transmitting them... Read More
We operate throughout the UK and abroad, supplying our products and services to a full range of industries including agriculture, road haulage, marine and off-highway plant industries, plus we also supply many other sectors such as manufacturing, heavy engineering, motorsport, green energy, country estates and horticultural businesses.
QUALUBE LUBRICANTS & GREASES
WOCO PAINTS & COATINGS
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Witham Group is passionate about quality and improving industry standards. We are committed to ensuring that our lubricants and paints are credible and trusted and aim to provide excellence in all that we do.
ROYAL WARRANT
Witham Group T/A Witham Oil and Paint Ltd are extremely proud to have been awarded the Royal Warrant by HM The Queen in 1991 and again by HM King Charles III in 2024 for the... Read More
THE PROBLEM - TRADITIONAL LUBRICANT BLENDING
Throughout the world, lubricant manufacturing is typically a very high energy use, high cost and time restrictive process. Base oils and additives are often heated to various temperatures and “blended” to form the different specification and viscosity types of lubricant products for engine oils, hydraulic oils, gear oils, brake fluids, transmission oils, and industrial oils and grease products.
The necessity to improve both th... Read More
Despite the huge range of products being manufactured and supplied by us, our aim is always to operate within a climate of excellence. Not only in terms of service and procedures for customers, but also for systems of product manufacture, the welfare, health and safety of all of our employees and those people affected by our activities. We aim to operate with corporate care and social responsibility.
In an industry where traditionally additives, chemicals and fossil-based products ... Read More