FUCHS PETROLUB SE is taking over Deutsche Pentosin-Werke GmbH. The Wedel-based company has been well-known as one of the leading manufacturers of quality lubricants and specialties for the international automotive industry for more than 80 years.

With this acquisition, the FUCHS PETROLUB Group expands its portfolio in the field of automotive lubricants and can offer its customers all over the world an even more comprehensive range of products from a single source. Pentosin manufactures and markets PCMOs and HDDEOs, ATFs, DCTF (Double Clutch Transmission Fluid), gear oil, hydraulic oil, and gas engine oil. Pentosin's products complement the international activities of the FUCHS PETROLUB Group. FUCHS strengthens its innovative capacity and competitiveness with this acquisition.

The transaction is subject to the approval of the antitrust authorities.

Pentosin was founded in 1927 and generated sales revenues of EUR 135 million in the financial year 2014. The company has 190 employees and two German production locations in Wedel and Dormagen as well as a smaller subsidiary in Sao Paulo, Brazil.