Founded
in Mannheim in 1931, FUCHS is a German company dedicated
to the manufacturing of lubricants and related specialties.
FUCHS is now accepted as the world's largest independent
lubricants manufacturer and operates in more than 100
countries on five continents, supplying quality lubricants
from 50 state-of-art, ISO accredited plants worldwide.
Of the total employees working worldwide, about 10% are
involved in research and development ensuring a combination
of German Technology and a worldwide team of specialists
to create advance lubrication systems. This results in
a wide range of state-of-the-art FUCHS products. In fact,
70 percent of all sales come from products developed in
the last five years, illustrating the high degree of specialization
and innovation of the FUCHS products. Leading American,
European and Asian Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
have approved the FUCHS products for use in different
machinery, equipment and components.
FUCHS has an extensive range of specialty lubricants and
greases in addition to its standard products for cars,
motorcycles, haulage, passenger transportation, steel
and mining industries, cement plants, sugar mills, railways,
power plants, textile industries, plastic manufacturing,
vehicle manufacturing and construction industries, to
state a few. As part of the FUCHS commitment to its clients,
the company guarantees full customer support and surveys
the clients' industrial plant and equipment to make reliable
recommendations on the use of the right lubricants. FUCHS
has an advanced Equipment Condition Monitoring program,
called "CENT", which provides strategic information
on the condition of the plant and equipment. This allows
customers to verify the condition of each machine, down
to component level, and ensure the manageable corrective
measure is taken before bigger, more complicated problems
occur.
FUCHS has ISO 9001:2000 quality certified blending plants
and sophisticated quality control laboratories which strictly
control and monitor all stages of manufacturing. The quality
of all FUCHS grades is guaranteed by the use of modern
analytical techniques and the use of specially selected
high viscosity-index (HVI) base stocks and the most advanced
additive technologies, for well-balanced, long-life, high
performance lubricants, manufactured as per the highest
international standards.
High performance lubricants manufactured by FUCHS for
cars, trucks, buses, locomotives, construction machinery,
agricultural equipment and all other fields of automotive
and industrial applications are sure to find a good market
in the African continent. FUCHS lubricating oils guarantee
long life and optimal wear protection even in extreme
conditions, as well as extend oil change intervals and
reduce servicing costs. Greases produced by FUCHS are
fast becoming the preferred medium for use in all fields,
including automotive, metalworking, steel works, cement
factories, sugars mills, mining industry as well as food
& beverage manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries.
FUCHS
has a good network of distributors in North-East Africa.
In Uganda Fuchs is represented by Fontana Auto Parts (U)
Ltd., whose office is in Kampala, and distributes Fuchs
products throughout Uganda through their efficient distribution
network. The sole distributor for Tanzania is Fuchs Oil
Tanzania who supplies FUCHS products in the market as
well as to prestigious gold mining projects. In Kenya,
Creative Innovations are the distributor for FUCHS, catering
to the need of Kenyan market.
Fuchs Oil Middle East Ltd. is the Regional Export Centre
located in the Sharjah Airport International Free Zone,
United Arab Emirates. The office is equipped with a team
of specialists in the fields of sales, advertising, marketing,
technical and finance to assist its distributors and clients
in the Middle East, North and East Africa, CIS, Iran and
Pakistan.
Fuchs
Oil Middle East Ltd.
PO Box 7955 SAIF Zone,
Sharjah - UAE
