Pictured above: Owen O'Neill, General Manager at Maxol Lubricants.
Leading lubricants company, Maxol Lubricants is delighted to announce it has been awarded the tender to be sole supplier of Anti-Freeze and Selective Catalyst Reduction Additives to Ulsterbus, part of the Translink Group.
This new contract will see Maxol Lubricants, part of The Maxol Group, supply Ulsterbus for three years. Ulsterbus operates over 300 services to towns and villages across Northern Ireland as well as services to and from Dublin.
Commenting on the recent tender win, Owen O'Neill, General Manager, Maxol Lubricants said: "As a local business we're delighted to have secured the contract with Ulsterbus to exclusively supply all of its Anti-Freeze and Selective Catalyst Reduction Additives. This represents a huge win for Maxol Lubricants and reaffirms our position as the leading supplier of quality lubricants to both the private and public sectors in the province. Translink is Northern Ireland's largest public transport provider and we are delighted to have secured this contract for Maxol Lubricants as we move into 2014."
Neil Bowers, Procurement Project Advisor, Translink commented: "We look forward to working with Maxol Lubricants. They are a well-established Irish company with a proven track record and we wish them every success during the lifetime of this contract."
Maxol recently announced its membership of VLS (Verification of Lubricant Specifications) which is an independent organisation providing a credible and trusted means to verify lubricant specifications. The aim of VLS is to protect consumers of lubricants by providing an independent and objective means to challenge and verify lubricant specifications and performance claims.
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About The Maxol Group
· The Maxol Group was established in 1920 by William McMullan. Maxol makes a significant contribution to the economy on both sides of the border and markets a comprehensive range of oil and petroleum products to all sectors of the Irish Market, through its Retail, Commercial, Authorised Distributor and Lubricants divisions.
· The Maxol Group had annual turnover of around £575m in 2012.
· The company employs directly and indirectly more than 1,000 people across the island of Ireland.
· Maxol has been investing and expanding in recent years and currently has a network of 227 service stations.
· In 2012 Maxol was voted Retailer of the Year by UTV Business Eye Awards in Northern Ireland.
· In 2012 and 2013 Maxol was voted the most reputable oil company in Ireland by Corporate Reputations independent survey.