Industrial specialty lubricants and tribological solutions manufacturer
Klüber Lubrication manufactures high-performance specialty lubricants across industrial verticals, backed by 90+ years of product development. The tech stack reveals a classically structured manufacturing enterprise—SAP S/4HANA at the core, CMMS for plant operations, Siemens PCS 7 for process control—but active adoption of Azure Arc, Defender, and Sentinel signals a deliberate cloud and security modernization underway. Hiring is sales-led (36 roles) with balanced engineering (25), and projects centered on new business model development and regional operational strategy indicate an organization pushing beyond commodity lubricant supply into adjacent markets.
Notable leadership hires: Territory Head, Director of Finance
Klüber Lubrication is a specialty lubricants manufacturer operating as a full subsidiary of Freudenberg Chemical Specialities. The company supplies tribological solutions—oils, greases, pastes, hydro lubricants, and sprays—directly to OEMs and end-users across automotive, industrial machinery, food processing, and related sectors. With 1,001–5,000 employees and presence in 13+ countries (Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, China, Sweden, US, Spain, India, Malaysia, Canada, Poland, Turkey), the business operates a distributed sales and manufacturing footprint. Core operations run on SAP ECC and S/4HANA, with process automation managed via Siemens PCS 7 and preventive maintenance tracked through CMMS. Active projects span new product development, regional cost optimization, and business model innovation, while documented pain points include project governance standardization, automation of production, and navigating volatile market conditions (notably in China).
SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC for enterprise operations, Siemens PCS 7 for process control, CMMS for maintenance, SharePoint for collaboration, Power BI and Excel for analytics, and SQL/Python for data work. Azure infrastructure is expanding via Azure Arc and Azure Defender.
München (Munich), Germany. The company operates as a subsidiary of Freudenberg Chemical Specialities and maintains manufacturing and sales operations across Europe, Asia, North America, and the Middle East.
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