Fuchs Lubricants, based in Stoke-on-Trent, has officially opened newly refurbished technical laboratories (www.fuchs.com).

As a multi-million-pound technology-based investment continues at the company’s Hanley plant, an upgrade has now been completed to the R&D Technical Centre, and it was officially opened by Christine Fuchs (vice-president of global R&D).

R&D manager Paul Littley, who oversaw the project, said: “This is an exciting time for us.

This significant investment in the R&D department will have fantastic benefits for the business, elevating the technical R&D support that Fuchs UK can offer to both existing and prospective customers.

"The new technical centre firmly places us at the forefront of R&D within the lubricant industry and maintains our pledge to continually build for the future.”