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With manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, and China, Addition currently employs approximately 250 associates. In time this additional production will increase the company’s workforce in the United Kingdom. Addition offers a full range of CNC bending machine tooling solutions, for tubing diameters from 1/4” to 10” and single-stack or multi-stack multi-radius bend dies. In addition to the wiper and mandrel components now manufactured in the United Kingdom, we also offer bend dies, bend die insert and clamp dies, pressure dies, collets, mandrel assemblies (ball segment and cable style), wiper dies and wiper die holders as individual components or complete sets from our tooling manufacture headquarters in Lebanon, Ohio. Addition Manufacturing Technologies is a global manufacturing technologies company specializing in machines and tooling for tube bending, end forming, measuring and silencer making. Among others, the company’s products serve the automotive, aerospace, HVAC, and energy market segments. . www.additionmt.com METALUBE Bids Farewell to David Lee Leading lubricant specialist, METALUBE, has announced that company founder, David Lee, will fully retire from the business in August 2018. David created METALUBE 30 years ago and under his vision, the company grew into the global player it is today.  METALUBE was purchased seven years ago and is now part of the lubricant investment specialist, Bishopdale Group.  Although no longer the Managing Director/Owner, David has remained a key part of the team, visiting South East Asia and China four times a year. Robert Brown Managing Director says:  “David has been incredibly supportive to us since we took over METALUBE seven years ago.  He has passed on to us 30 years of knowledge and his input, particularly in the Asia region, has been hugely beneficial.  We wish him a long and healthy retirement.” METALUBE manufactures a range of high performance speciality lubricants. The company David Lee headquarters are in Manchester, UK, where the site incorporates offices with warehousing, laboratories and manufacturing facilities. . www.metalube.co.uk TUBE NEWS May 2018 5