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
We have been supplying commercial vehicle owners for over 100 years and know a thing or two about what a commercial engine needs to perform reliably day in day out. Using only the latest technology and high-quality raw materials, our unrivalled range of engine oils and lubricants are ideal for every type of commercial vehicles . They meet both the latest original equipment manufacturer (OEM) requirements and worldwide industry specifications for oil standards.
Whatever age, type o... Read More
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
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
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
