Freudenberg Chemical Specialities Bundles Bonded Coatings Business
Integrated competencies in bonded coatings is to the benefit of customers.
Filip Krulis. Photo Credit: Freudenberg Chemical Specialities GmbH
Freudenberg Chemical Specialities (FCS), a business group of Freudenberg SE, is bundling its business for the development, manufacturing and sales of bonded coatings under the leadership of its business unit SurTec International. Prior to the bundling, FCS business units Klüber Lubrication, OKS and SurTec were operating in the market for bonded coatings independent of each other.
In course of the acquisition of omniTechnik Mikroverkapselungs, a specialist for pre-applied locking and sealing coatings and best known under Precote, SurTec is going a step further to deliver complete surface system solutions. The intention is to become the most comprehensive expert for functional coatings on the market. SurTec and formerly omniTechnik are known for the support of global customers — in particular, coating partners — and for development in product and application technologies.
“The combination of excellent quality products, global sales and distribution networks, top level customer services and the uncompromising engagement for the development of sustainable innovations is tailored to offer outstanding integrated competencies in bonded coatings for elastomers, metals, microencapsulation, electroplating and others,” says Filip Krulis, FCS CEO.
The handover of the business is scheduled to happen by January 2024.
Dedicated project teams in the respective FCS entities are preparing for integration and implementation. Technology, supply chain and other business processes will be further optimized and consolidated in the SurTec Group.
“Customers will receive the same product and service quality,” Krulis says. “Furthermore, customers will have the opportunity to receive complete solutions out of one source.”
The company notes that the fastener industry will particularly benefit as it has access to solutions covering the entire manufacturing process from phosphating to the coating process.
