Indian manufacturer and supplier of lubricants, Siddharth Grease and Lubes Pvt. Ltd. (SGL), has invested Dh50m into its first plant in the Middle East in the inner port of Sharjah's Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA), calling the new regional facility Trinity Lubes & Greases FZC.

The total area of the new investment is about 135,000sqft fitted with the latest state-of-the-art lubricant and grease-making equipment imported from around the world, said SGL. This came during a ceremony held recently in the presence of Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, director of Hamriyah Free Zone Authority, Siddharth Sachdeva, MD, Trinity Lubes & Greases FZC, and officials from the Authority and the company.

Al Mazrouei toured the fully automated factory and was briefed on the production stages and mechanisms, and the laboratories specialising in research and development to provide innovative solutions that meet the requirements of todays and tomorrow’s customers. He was also briefed on the products manufactured that include automotive, industrial and construction lubricants, special greases for electric Vehicles, with a production capacity of 48,000 liters annually in the initial stage.

Siddharth Sachdeva, expressed his ambition that the new investment would help his company’s products penetrate new markets around the world, thus achieving a greater global presence.