As part of its FUCHS 2025 strategy and the inception of its Global Business Segment dedicated to servicing the glass industry, lubricant manufacturer FUCHS has embarked on an ambitious strategy of expanding the global manufacturing landscape for its FUCHS LUBRITECH VITROLIS range of glass lubricants.

To support the full line of VITROLIS products coming out of the company’s UK plant in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, these products will now also be manufactured in other FUCHS facilities around the world as part of its ‘Act Global’ strategy.

Local manufacture and support will be present in all three world regions with the USA and Brazil manufacturing for the Americas region; Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Turkey and Russia supporting the UK in the EMEA region; and India, China and Australia in the APAC region. The regions will also be supported by local R&D and local technical support under the guidance of the FUCHS Centre of Excellence for glass lubrication based in the UK.

FUCHS LUBRICANTS’ Head of Global Business Segment for Glass, Stephen Harris commented: “By utilising the full potential of our global manufacturing footprint FUCHS aims to provide our customers with a locally manufactured full line supply of all lubrication requirements for the glass industry.”

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