CONTINUING INNOVATION
IN LUBRICANTS
Lubricants are essential to the workings of industrial and automotive machinery and this is what Fuchs Lubrificanti SpA, part of a successful and globally renowned group, is a specialist in, as Barbara Rossi finds out from Mr Botti, the sales and marketing manager of its industrial division.
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uchs Lubrificanti SpA is part of the German headquartered Fuchs Group. Established in 1932 and currently listed on both the Frankfurt and Zurich stock exchanges, the group is still controlled by the founding Fuchs family. The core business of the whole group is the production and commercialisation of industrial and automotive lubricants and, with its 40 production units located all over the globe, Fuchs can boast of a presence in all the major countries. The group, which employs 4000 employees worldwide, is the major independent world lubricant manufacturer,
where independent means that the group is not also active in oil extraction. The industrial lubricant sector is the division generating most of the turnover of the group worldwide and comprises lubricants used in metal working, mainly for the production of automotive components and also for the manufacturing of a wide range of industrial products (for example, pumps, taps and compressors). While operating all over the world, the automotive division is particularly strong in Germany, where the group supplies all the main automotive companies, especially in terms of lubricants
for first filling (this division also supplies lubricants for road transport, vehicle repair workshops and agricultural machines). Fuchs Lubrificanti SpA is the Italian subsidiary of the group. Set up in 1982 and wholly owned by the group, the company, based in the Turin area of north western Italy, operates from a single site housing the commercial and admin offices, internal logistics warehouses and production and R&D facilities. Fuchs Lubrificanti SpA has been growing through acquisitions and has been consolidating its position since the year 2000. Currently it has a staff of 91
