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Ferguson & Menzies, an independent Scottish company established over a century ago is based in Glasgow, host city to the two giants of Scottish football - Celtic and Rangers.
But the company also boasts a duo of famous giants - two 120m3 thermoplastic storage tanks, the largest to be built in Europe, designed, constructed and fitted by Chem Resist, an acknowledged leader in the design and construction of such vessels.
Extensive Ranges
Under the brand name Opus Lubricants, the company distributes pine oils and terpenes to manufacturers of household and industrial cleaning products - and an extensive range of synthetic and mineral based lubricants and chemicals for many different industries both in the UK and internationally…
Customer Service Paramount
Majority owner and Managing Director Nicky Proud, who joined Ferguson & Menzies at the age of 16, bought the company some five years ago together with Sales and Technical Director William McCann. Since then, turnover has grown from around 1.1M to 6.7M and, says Nicky, the growth has come as much from very high levels of customer service as from the quality of its products:-
"We’ve now got five full time representatives and new customers are being added at a high rate of knots as our service levels continue to outperform competition from the national lubricants manufacturers ..."
In addition Ferguson & Menzies makes and distributes Adblue - an additive which removes nitrogen oxide from exhaust systems of heavy duty vehicles, enabling them to meet stringent Euro 4 and 5 exhaust emission standards.
Saving Money
"It became obvious we would need bigger blending and storage facilities” says Nicky, "Our enquiries led to Chem Resist developing the larger 120m3 tanks we needed to cope with predicted demand and to buy in our core products in larger volumes and with fewer delivery requirements - thereby saving money".
"From day one, Chem Resist have been reliable, good to deal with, friendly and very professional in their approach…"
Chem Resist’s Managing Director Simon Hewitt commented that it had been assumed that tanks of this size were a step too far:-
"We thought otherwise, and with some additional investment in our production process we cracked the problem."
Despite tight space constraints on site the two leviathans - each 11 metres high and 4.5 metres in diameter - were delivered and safely installed by Chem Resist’s engineering teams.
