The systematic expansion of our business, a global presence from the beginning, and the proactive cooperation with customers in nearly all branches of industry have been vital factors for our success.
- 1929
Theodor Klüber sets up a retailing enterprise for mineral oil products in Munich.
- 1938
Theodor Klüber establishes a mineral oil processing plant and starts the production of oil mixtures.
- 1950
Production of speciality lubricants starts.
- 1958
First foreign subsidiary set up in Belgium.
- 1959
"Mineralölfabrik Theodor Klüber" becomes "Klüber Lubrication".
- 1962
The first production plant abroad is taken into operation in Austria.
- 1966
Takeover by the Freudenberg Group of Weinheim.
- 1971
Klüber Lubrication sets up first subsidiary on the American continent in Brazil.
- 1976
The first Klüber company in Asia is set up in Japan, another follows in Hong Kong a few years later.
- 1981
Klüber Lubrication Australia Pty. Ltd. is set up.
- 1983
As Klüber Lubrication (Pty.) Ltd. South Africa is set up, Klüber Lubrication is now in a position to serve customers worldwide from a company on their own continent.
- 1995
Klüber Lubrication acquires Summit Industrial Products Inc., Tyler, USA, a specialist supplier of compressor oils.
- 1998
Opening of new research and development center at the Headquarters in Munich.
- 2002
Klüber Lubrication strengthens its position in the textile industry by taking over the North American manufacturer of needle and sinker oils Madol®.
- 2003
In Mexico, Klüber Lubrication takes up production at the new Querétaro site with its highly advanced facilities.
- 2004
Freudenberg Chemical Specialities KG is set up in Munich, forming Freudenberg's new chemicals business group. Freudenberg Chemical Specialities comprises Klüber Lubrication München KG, Chem-Trend, Howell, Michigan, USA, and OKS Spezialschmierstoffe GmbH, Munich.
- 2006
By setting up a subsidiary in Russia, Klüber Lubrication is now represented with its own sites in all four BRIC countries.
- 2008
Klüber Lubrication starts operation of the group's most advanced production plant at Shanghai Industrial Park.
