FUCHS PETROLUB last Thursday opened its new modern lubricant blending plant in Rosva industrial park, southwest of Kaluga, Russia. The construction of the plant started in 2011 and within two years a state of the art, modern lubricant production facility was built. The total investment of the project amounted to more than EUR 15 (US$20.3) million and was previously reported as having a capacity of 40,000 metric tons of finished lubricants per year.

The new facility will produce a wide range of lubricants for automotive and industrial applications. With the new plant, FUCHS finalizes an important step in Russia to supply domestic and international customers in many different industries like automotive, steel, mining, automotive components, food, transportation, off high way, and agriculture with high quality lubricants manufactured according to German technology.

In Russia, the FUCHS Group is active through its 100% subsidiary FUCHS OIL RUSSIA with offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yaroslavl and Yekaterinburg. The company employs more than 60 people. For 15 years, FUCHS has been one of the leading international lubricant players in the Russian market.

In 2012 the FUCHS PETROLUB Group generated sales revenues of EUR 1.8 billion and a profit after tax of EUR 207 million. In total the FUCHS Group currently employs a workforce of about 3,800 people in 49 operating companies in Europe and overseas.