Freudenberg Chemical Specialties
| Freudenberg Chemical Specialties SE & Co. KG
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| legal form | SE & Co. KG |
| founding | 2004 |
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Munich , Germany
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| Number of employees | 3,300 |
| sales | 880 million euros (2014) |
| Website | www.fcs-muenchen.de |
The Freudenberg Chemical Specialties has been a business group within the 2004 group of companies Freudenberg founded. In 2012 the name was changed to SE & Co. KG.
Freudenberg Chemical Specialties, headquartered in Munich, Germany, includes the five largely independent business units Klüber Lubrication , Chem-Trend, OKS, SurTec and Capol, which develop, produce and sell chemical specialties. The companies are suppliers in the areas of high-performance specialty lubricants, release agents for the plastics, rubber, composite and die-casting industries, chemical maintenance products, products for surface and electroplating technology, as well as gloss, sealing and release agents for the food industry.
The FCS Group employs around 3,300 people at over 80 locations in around 40 countries. Freudenberg Chemical Specialties is a subsidiary of Freudenberg SE , Weinheim.
Klüber Lubrication
Klüber Lubrication is an international company in the chemicals / specialty lubricants sector with headquarters in Munich. The company is a manufacturer of specialty lubricants. Klüber Lubrication has been part of the Freudenberg Group since 1966. In 2004 Freudenberg founded the Freudenberg Chemical Specialties Business Group, to which Klüber Lubrication now belongs.
Chem trend
Chem-Trend is an international company headquartered in Howell , Michigan, USA. According to its own statements, the company is the world market leader in the field of release agents and supplies customers in the automotive and their supplier industries, the aviation industry, in the construction industry, the wind power and tire industries, as well as industries that process plastics, rubber, wood composites, metal die-casting and polyurethane . Chem-Trend has been part of Freudenberg Chemical Specialties KG Munich since 2004.
history
Chem-Trend was founded in 1960 by the chemist Peer Lorentzen, who emigrated from Denmark . Lorentzen began developing mold release agents for polyurethane foam, using the kitchen at home as a laboratory and production facility. In this way, he was able to provide release agents that made the molding process easier, more reliable and more cost-effective. A little later, Lorentzen achieved a comparable breakthrough for the die casting industry. As a rule, highly flammable, graphite-based mold release agents based on solvents and mineral oils were used, which often caught fire due to the high process temperatures. The surplus created slippery, unsafe floors in the factory floors. The systems were black with smoke, which posed a risk to occupational safety and a high health risk. Lorentzen succeeded in producing the first commercially successful water-based mold release agent. These product innovations made the conditions in the die-casting factories cleaner and safer and enabled the production of residue-free, bright molded parts.
OKS special lubricants
OKS Spezialschmierstoffe GmbH is an internationally operating company in the field of specialty lubricants and chemotechnical products for industrial maintenance and servicing. The company's headquarters are in Maisach near Munich, and sales are carried out through specialized dealers.
history
The company was founded in 1978 by Friedrich Kuhn-Weiss as OmniKote Spezialschmierstoffe GmbH. In 1981 the company was renamed and internationally registered as OKS Spezialschmierstoffe GmbH.
Kuhn-Weiss took the approach of using solid lubricants such as graphite and molybdenum sulfide powder ( molybdenum (IV) sulfide ) as high-pressure and vibration-resistant lubricants to reduce wear. The OKS product portfolio today includes specialty lubricants such as pastes, oils, greases and dry lubricants as well as chemotechnical maintenance products such as corrosion protection agents and cleaners. Among other things, OKS was involved in the construction of the Maeslant storm surge barrier at Hoek van Holland (lubrication of the ball joint bearing of the flood gates with a diameter of 10 meters and a weight of 650 tons), completed in 1998. OKS has been part of the internationally active group of companies since 2003 Freudenberg integrated. In 2004, Freudenberg founded the new Freudenberg Chemical Specialties Business Group, to which OKS Spezialschmierstoffe GmbH now belongs.
SurTec
SurTec is active in over 40 countries with around 380 employees. The Holding SurTec International is based in Bensheim . The company offers solutions for metallic or other surfaces: where sensitive alloys are to be cleaned, aluminum is to be pickled and anodized matt, hardened steel is galvanized, stainless steel is to be electropolished or plastic is to be chromed decoratively. SurTec was founded in 1993 in a management buy-out from the Unilever group. The group has been part of Freudenberg Chemical Specialties, Munich, since 2011.
Capol
CAPOL GmbH, founded in 1975, develops and produces a wide range of surface finishes such as gloss, separating, sealing and covering agents for the confectionery industry as well as the manufacturers of food supplements (VMS: vitamins, minerals and supplements) and animal feed. The head office is in Elmshorn . CAPOL GmbH has been part of Freudenberg Chemical Specialties, a business group of Freudenberg & Co. KG, Weinheim, since 2013.