Electrical Oil Services (EOS)
Showcasing a groundbreaking market leader
Although an innovative market leader, EOS had become fairly complacent with their marketing. In addition, their branding was dated and tired. As a result, newer, younger competitors in the market were biting at their heels for a piece of their market share.
In an industry that is often portrayed in a negative light, especially with regards to its impact on the environment, EOS bucked that trend by being environmentally conscientious. Their innovative processes include recycling and cleansing oil that in some instances is over 50 years old. So, their branding needed to illustrate their commitment to the environment and differentiate them from their competitors too.
Leading the way through innovation, Electrical Oil Services (EOS) is the UK’s market leader in the supply of recycled and unused electrical insulating oils and associated site services. They serve the whole of the UK from their base in Stanlow, near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire.
In spite of its groundbreaking approach to the industry, as a brand, EOS looked tired and was losing traction as the market leader to newer businesses. It was evident the company needed to raise the value of their organisation, giving them focus, purpose, structure and appeal. We produced a business package that suited a groundbreaking and innovative market leader that was attractive to investors and buyers who were interested in not just the EOS offering but also the brand package too.
Mackman demonstrated an ability to understand our business, needs and aspirations. They gave us a strong brand that not only made us attractive to our customers, but helped us secure a deal with HCS Group too.
Andy Bartram, Sales Manager
The Challenge
Working within a mature industry, appealing to a younger workforce entering the industry as graduate-level recruits was a struggle for EOS. This project showed the importance of insight when a brand is both understated and underestimated.
Our Process
Demonstrating the power of brand value
We identified a handful of areas we needed to address together to fulfil these challenges:
- What was the perception of EOS in the marketplace?
- Where were EOS positioning themselves as a brand?
- How did EOS project themselves?
- What was their strategy to continue to occupy the leading market position?
The most powerful way of creating brand loyalty and ‘buy-in’ starts from within a company. As with all our clients, it was important that EOS’s new brand identity was a collaboration between us and the employees at all levels of the business.
Understanding the business: Meeting with key stakeholders
By gathering insight through customer satisfaction and perception research and listening to EOS’s vision for where they wanted to be, we identified the gap between where their customers positioned them and where they intended to be positioned in their market.
We took EOS through a process of collaborative sessions, meetings and presentations to identify who they were, how they should position themselves, and the language they should use.
Communicating effectively: Refining the brand messaging
Messaging was instrumental to reinforce what EOS do and what makes them different. We created a positioning statement that became pivotal to the style, language and marketing mechanisms used in order to firmly bed them into their intended position.
Once we knew where they needed to sit, we created a fresh image that was unique, identifiable and progressive. It would also be a long-lasting point of difference from their competitors.
What does this mean for EOS?
With a strong position and image in place, we developed customer archetypes that we could speak clearly and concisely to, which allowed EOS to continually project strong, confident and consistent messages that aligned with their organisational objectives and brand position.
Strong strapline and tone of voice
Trusted Purity – it’s how we do it that makes us different.
One of the key requirements from this project was to create a strapline which would help present the EOS brand in a confident light.
The wording emulates their brand positioning and promise by clarifying their unique selling proposition and reinforces how their environmentally green practices sets them apart in the oil industry.
The Results
After the brand refresh, EOS was acquired by global company, HCS Group. This meant they could realise their goal of expanding their environmentally-friendly approach into Europe. Customers know that they can rely on EOS to understand their needs and can respond to changes in market requirements.
Brand Facts
- Electrical Oil Services Ltd (EOS) was established on the 1st November 1999, formed as a 50:50 joint venture between the electrical oils businesses Carless Refining & Marketing Ltd and Castrol UK Ltd.
- EOS is the UK’s market leader in the supply of recycled and unused electrical insulating oils.
- EOS uses innovative processes to be environmentally conscientious within the oil industry.
Project Facts
- EOS’s existing branding was misaligned with their position as an innovative market leader.
- Through a process of collaborative sessions, meetings and presentations we established their identity, position and the language they should use.
- We created a fresh image that was unique, identifiable and progressive, along with messaging that was instrumental to what EOS do and what makes them different.