Specialties and Others Business Area

In 2003, the Specialties and Others Business Area comprised the Business Groups Klüber Lubrication (Specialty Lubricants), Freudenberg Building Systems and Freudenberg IT as well as the Divisions Freudenberg Systems and Tool Engineering, Freudenberg Research Services and Freudenberg Service Support. In 2003, the Business Area reported sales totaling 673 million Euro with a workforce of 4,600.

A new Business Group called Freudenberg Chemical Specialities comprising Klüber Lubrication, Chem-Trend and the specialty lubricant producer OKS was set up following the acquisition of the release agents manufacturer Chem-Trend at the end of February 2004.