RS Clare & Co Ltd win Queens Award for International Trade 2011

Liverpool's oldest manufacturer RS Clare & Co Ltd have been awarded this highest accolade in the Queen's Birthday Honours during this their 263rd year by more than doubling manufactured exports over the past 3 years to over £5,500,000.

"The Queen's Award is the icing on the cake following a number of awards in recent years including Liverpool Chambers company of the year in 2010 - beating Jaguar Land Rover and DLA Piper to the top spot - and Medium sized Business of the year which was sponsored by NWDA in 2009".  So said Ian Meadows, 4th generation chairman of the company which is going from strength to strength.

"Focusing on a niche market in the upstream Oil and Gas Sector, we have achieved pole position in the lubrication of vital wellhead equipment which supports Well Integrity prolonging the life of expensive production equipment and protecting against crude oil and gas leakage", continued Mr Meadows. "We are now the supplier of choice globally for many major oil companies and operators, and in the next few years growth will be exponential".

The company's success in recent years has led to a 20% growth in employment in the past year or so, and several areas of the group are also scoring significant achievements.

"Leading market positions in Railtrack lubrication and Anti Skid Surfacing on steel bridges, at port facilities and abroad RoRo ferries and marine car carriers are being replaced across the world", said the chairman.  "Exports now constitute 50% of our sales in manufacturing, and that is growing".

Export Markets are being opened up from bases in Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur, Amman, Stavanger and Houston, and markets are being developed in the former Soviet territories, The Far East and Middle East, North and South America - the latest breakthroughs being in Gabon, Syria, Iraq, China, USA, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

Subsidiary company Wilson & Scott have been awarded an 8 year £10,000,000 road marking contract to maintain Surrey County Councils roads, and they have also just been made Company of the year by Slough Chamber of Commerce.