Global polymer compound manufacturer for automotive, tire, and specialty applications
HEXPOL Compounding manufactures custom rubber, thermoplastic, and silicone compounds across a global footprint. Active infrastructure modernization—VeloCloud SD-WAN deployment, VMware conversions, and Palo Alto firewall rollouts—suggests a shift toward cloud-native network architecture and distributed manufacturing operations. Hiring is manufacturing-heavy (21 of 40 open roles) with junior/mid-level emphasis, indicating production capacity scaling rather than R&D expansion.
HEXPOL Compounding is a publicly traded Swedish manufacturer of engineered polymer compounds serving automotive, tire, and specialty material applications. The company operates across multiple production disciplines: custom rubber mixing, EPDM and silicone formulation, thermoplastic compounding, and tire retreading solutions. They sell directly to OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, backed by in-house R&D and technical support teams. Operational scale spans 1,001–5,000 employees across multiple manufacturing sites, with active footprint rationalization (site migrations and closures) paired with financial modeling for capital investments.
Core enterprise systems: SAP and IFS (ERP), ADP (HR), Microsoft 365 (productivity), Palo Alto Networks (security), Azure (cloud). Recent infrastructure focus: VeloCloud SD-WAN, Veeam backup, VMware virtualization, Azure Entra for identity.
Major initiatives: VeloCloud SD-WAN network deployment, Palo Alto firewall installations, VMware infrastructure conversions, site migrations/closures, new rubber recipe development and customer trials, ISO 9001:2015 certification support, and financial modeling for capital expenditure planning.
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