In support of the Federal Government’s new automotive policy, an indigenous company, Cambistry Ventures Ltd (CVL) has set up multi-million naira ultra modern Automotive Transmission Fluid (ATF), brake fluid and power steering plant in Ikotun, Lagos to meet with the demands of automotive manufacturers as well as existing automobiles plying our roads.

CVL which specialises in the production of automotive transmission fluid,brake fluid, power steering fluid, injector cleaners, among others, which the brand name Truvalue is located at Ikotun, Lagos.

Speaking to Motoring Journalists recently at the plant, the Managing Director,  CVL, Engineer Ikechukwu Okafor, who retired as an Assistant Director from NNPC said that the Federal Government effort to revive the nation’s auto industry is quite commendable and should be supported by all stakeholders in the sector.

According to him, the decision to set up a plant for Truvalue production of the products in partnership with its foreign partners from the United States gave birth to the multi-million naira project which is due for commissioning next month.

“Before now, we used to import these products from the United States but with the Federal Government’s resolve to grow our auto industry, we have decided to throw our support on the local content by producing these products locally without compromising quality,” he said.

According to him, CVL has the capacity to meet all the automatic transmission fluid, brake fluid, steering fluid needs of cars in the country. He also noted that the quality of his products stand them out  as most brake fluids currently in the market contain water which is not good for the brake system.

The CVL boss further explained that the plant would commence production by next month as the engineers from Serac, a reputable company that produced the equipment from France will be arriving to set up the  filling lines.

CVL is in partnership with reputable companies from USA like Omni Specialty Product Louisiana, Technical Chemical Company in Texas and Freeze Stone Products Incorporated, Florida. Said he: “We picked what is best in class in every segment and don’t compromise quality for any reason.

When you pick our products, we want you to hold us responsible for them at all time, that is why we are partnering with the world’s best manufacturers.”

On what led to his interest in this area of business, Engineer Okafor explained, “My passion to see automobiles run without embarrassing the owners on the road is the number one reason and the plans to create job for the youth too.

I started by importing injector cleaners, power  Steering, automatic transmission fluid, things you can use to keep your car running. I deal in top of the range. I discovered that the products in the market were not of high quality, In the last 15 years, I have gained some market and people attested to our quality.

Unfortunately, our petrol chemical industries is not working, which I think will affect the level of our local content. “We want to produce at home with the influx of large number of automatic transmission vehicles into country, we need quality ATF.

But unfortunately, most of the ATF available are of low quality, hence, we are introducing ours to make the difference.

The ATF we imported are for car from early 2000. I do Dextron VI Marcon V and that is what we are going to produce in our plant here.

What I want to start with for now is to package brake fluids dot 3 and 4 and ATF. It will be of the same quality from Europe and America. All batches of our products are tested by InterTech Automotive research in Texas. They are the testing agent for SONCAP. What gives me joy is that there is nothing imported without testing.