Plant Lubrication was founded in 1974 by the present owner along with a former colleague from their former employment with Amoco (UK) Ltd who had at that time ceased trading in lubricants.
For most of its life Plant Lubrication has been a distributor for Total (UK) Limited which now incorporates the former ELF and FINA oil companies and has recently been appointed as a Key Lubricant Distributor (KLD) for Total, one of only two such distributors in Ireland. Another long-standing agency is with Valvoline Oil Company, an American firm that specialises in high quality oils suitable for motor sports as well as everyday use.