Czech Business & Trade 3/2018

CZECH BUSINESS AND TRADE
CLASSIC Oil – Czech Leader in Manufacture of Cooling Fluids
Photo: CLASSIC Oil s.r.o.°; Cryostat – determination of solidification point -90 o C
CLASSIC Oil, leading Czech oil dealer
and at the same time leader in own
antifreeze production in the Czech
market, owes much of its success
to intensive development. The
firm standing on two pillars – the
sale of a full range of automobile
oils and industrial lubricants and
development, production, and the
filling of special cooling fluids –
antifreezes, sets itself ambitious
aims: enlargement of its production
capacity, breaking into foreign
markets while maintaining abovestandard
customer care and, of
course, flexibility. “In our line of
business, only individual care taken
of the customer and maximum effort
to meet all his requirements will
bring success,” says Viliam Blumtritt,
Vice-President of CLASSIC Oil
Czech Republic.
Can you give us a short history of your
company?
We are a Czech family company, founded
in 2007 by Roman Šroba, whose special
emphasis from the very outset has been on
quality, personal contact and strong, longterm
relationships with the customers. The
firm based in Kladno near Prague operates
in Germany, Slovakia, Austria, Romania,
and many other markets, in addition to the
Czech Republic.
You have made tremendous progress
over the past few years as regards the
production and sale of antifreezes. In the
wide spectrum of products, from antifreeze
fluids for the automotive sector to
heat-transfer fluid filling and supply for
the technical systems in buildings, you
are one of the largest producers in the
Czech Republic. Wherein rests the
secret of your success?
We know that we can only succeed in the
market with our products if we approach
the customers individually and do our utmost
to meet their requirements. Our great
advantage is that all our employees are
used to doing their work with total responsibility
and flexibility.
You provide the private sector with
a full service and offer firms the filling
of lubricants and operating fluids in
containers provided with their own labels.
A special service is the complete revision
of documents and labels for all products.
Are there any interesting references you
can be proud of in this area?
It is a service used especially by big firms
and supranational chains, such as spare
part deliveries for automobiles, and by
firms having their own retail network. The
size of the deliveries range in the order of
thousands of tons.
You invest considerable sums in the
development of production and the
growth of your firm. Your own laboratory
is unique in the Czech Republic, especially
in the area of antifreeze production. Can
you give us some details?
We realise that only product development
and continuous improvement can ensure
a future for our firm, which must naturally
go hand in hand with investment in the
training and education of employees at all
echelons. You are right in saying that our
laboratory is at a very high level and, as
regards antifreeze, I consider it one of the
best in the Czech Republic. As an example,
I can mention our automatic titrator for water
content determination using the Karl
Fischer method, the apparatus for anticorrosion
testing according to ASTM D1384
standard and the Shimadzu gas chromatograph
with autosampler. The complete
list of our equipment can be found on our
websites www.classic-oil.cz.
Do you want to broaden your presence in
foreign markets? Why should discerning
customers collaborate with you?
We are well aware that customers need
quality products, a personal and flexible
approach in contracting and the negotiation
of technical parameters. All these
are things we can offer our customers as
a matter of course.
An innovation in July 2018 was that we decided
to enter the Bulgarian market with
our own commercial representation. The
representation will provide commercial services
to both wholesalers and final retailers.
We are also planning an active foreign acquisition
in the area of heat-transfer fluids
for administration buildings, hotels, production
and warehousing facilities, breweries,
ice rinks and many other sectors.
You are regular participants in important
domestic and international trade fairs.
Which new items are you going to
present at the International Engineering
Fair in Brno in 2018?
At the Brno International Engineering Fair,
we would like to present a unique comprehensive
series of products named “SNIPER”
and specified as “Unique Liquids”, targeted
at ammunition manufacturers. This means
everything included, from the first pressing
and forming operations to final chemical
polishing, so that customers will have
everything needed for production, including
service, at one address!
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