traded as fwb fpe industry chemicals founded 1931 founder rudolf fuchs headquarters mannheim germany number of locations main manufacturing locations include mannheim germany belper england area served worldwide key people j rgen strube chairman of the supervisory board stefan fuchs ceo products lubricants speciality automotive chemicals revenue 1.459 billion 2010 1 operating income 250.1 million 2010 1 profit 170.7 million 2010 1 total assets 894.2 million end 2010 1 total equity 545.9 million end 2010 1 number of employees 3 580 end 2010 1 website www.fuchs oil.com fuchs petrolub se is the world s largest independent manufacturer of lubricants and related speciality products . 2 3 4 5 the company s headquarters are at mannheim baden w rttemberg germany where the company was founded in 1931 . fuchs is a public company listed on the frankfurt stock exchange . as of 2016 it is a constituent of the mdax trading index of german mid cap companies . 6 contents 1 fuchs products 1.1 automotive products 1.2 industrial products 1.3 civil engineering products 1.4 mechanical engineering products 1.5 general application products 2 fuchs lubritech 3 the silkolene brand name 4 fuchs in motorsports 5 fuchs in association football 6 references 7 external links fuchs products edit fuchs produces a wide range of products which include automotive lubricants engine motor oils and transmission for motor cars motorcycles agricultural plant and stationary engines metalworking lubricants industrial civil engineering and hydraulic products . fuchs also produces the planto range of biodegradable products . automotive products edit fuchs titan is a range of products aimed at motor cars trucks buses agricultural and plant equipment . fuchs silkolene is a product range specifically for motorcycles . industrial products edit fuchs renolin are a range of hydraulic and industrial gearbox lubricants . civil engineering products edit fuchs renocast are a range of mould release agents used when casting concrete . mechanical engineering products edit fuchs ecocut and ecocool are fluids for metalworking specifically cutting and general machining . fuchs renoform and trenoil are used for forming metals be that die drawing rolling or pressing in both hot and cold processes . fuchs thermisol are a range of quenching oils used for heat treatment processes including annealing and tempering . general application products edit fuchs renolit are a range of greases used across their entire portfolio including aviation and food processing . the fuchs anticorit range are non toxic protectives for anti corrosion across a wide variety of applications and are particularly suited to packaging storage and transportation fuchs lubritech edit fuchs lubritech is a division that specializes in specialty lubricants coatings and services for all industrial applications especially mining and other types of processing and the silkolene brand name edit the silkolene brand name has a long history with the company originating in england . initially it was called dalton and company being named after its founder and sold silkolene products . however recognising the strength of the silkolene brand in the early 1980s the company was renamed silkolene lubricants . in 1989 silkolene lubricants was acquired by the german fuchs group and the products were subsequently renamed fuchs silkolene . the products themselves gained a high international regard . citation needed the silkolene company developed specialist lubricants for aviation including oils for the merlin engine as used in the spitfire hurricane and lancaster to name a few . silkolene dedicated many years on technical cooperation with the us air force and was also involved with the supersonic passenger aircraft concorde . the company amassed expertise with synthetic lubricant technology and silkolene became a recognised world leader in the field of synthetic lubricants including esters . citation needed synthetic lubricant technology continued and in the early 1990s developments continued to include aerospace engineering along with motorsports including rallying and motorcycle racing . an early partnership was with honda uk motorcycle race team . with positive market exposure coupled with a very high degree of research and development r & d and success in competition silkolene products became the market leader in the uk . presently silkolene products continue to be manufactured at hanley stoke on trent in england . they are now also made in germany the us and south east asia . fuchs purchased the british batoyle freedom group company of norfolk in 2014 . 7 8 fuchs in motorsports edit fuchs like many of their competitor brands of lubricants have a strong worldwide presence in motorsports particularly in europe and the usa . in the 2 wheel automotive segment the fuchs silkolene brand sponsors many different classes of motorcycle racing including prototype based racing motogp and production based superbike and supersports racing world superbikes world supersports british superbikes . the brand has also been involved with motorcross and speedway . fuchs have a current long term partnership with kawasaki motorcycles although they also sponsor honda suzuki and yamaha . silkolene have also participated in the isle of man tt races arguably the toughest test in the world for any motorcycle . in australia in 2016 fuchs are sponsoring v8 supercar teams brad jones racing and charlie schwerkolt racing having previously sponsored tasman motorsport stone brothers racing and erebus motorsport . fuchs in association football edit fuchs are currently the sponsors of the iraqi premier league which is therefore officially known as the fuchs premier league . they also have a sponsorship deal with the iraq national football team with the company s logo featuring on the national team s training kits . fuchs also sponsor iraqi football clubs al quwa al jawiya al minaa and karbalaa . references edit a b c d e f annual report 2010 pdf . fuchs petrolub . retrieved 27 march 2010 . fuchs history matthews sheenagh . fuchs shares drop as demand for lubricants seen stagnating . bloomberg . retrieved 19 april 2016 . cremer andreas . fuchs petrolub jenoptik solarworld german equity preview . bloomberg . retrieved 19 april 2016 . randow jana . german factory orders unexpectedly decline for third month . bloomberg . retrieved 19 april 2016 . mdax constituents . frankfurt stock exchange . deutsche b rse . retrieved 19 april 2016 . allcock andrew . fuchs lubricants uk buys batoyle freedom group . machinery . retrieved 19 april 2016 . zientek henryk . batoyle jobs in milnsbridge at risk following sale to german company . huddersfield daily examiner . retrieved 19 april 2016 . external links edit official website english official website german frankfurt stock exchange listing deutsche b rse bloomberg reuters v t e mdax companies of germany aareal bank airbus group aurubis axel springer bilfinger brenntag cts eventim deutsche euroshop deutsche pfandbriefbank deutsche wohnen d rr elringklinger evonik industries fielmann fraport fuchs petrolub gea group gerresheimer dmg mori seiki ag hannover re hella hochtief hugo boss jungheinrich kabel deutschland kion group kl ckner krones kuka lanxess leg immobilien leoni man metro mtu aero engines norma group osram prosiebensat .1 media rheinmetall rh n klinikum rtl group salzgitter s dzucker symrise stada tag talanx wacker chemie wincor nixdorf zalando retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fuchs petrolub & oldid 739612261 categories motor oilsoil companies of germanymanufacturing companies of germanymultinational companies headquartered in germanycompanies based in baden w rttembergmanufacturing companies established in 19311931 establishments in germanycompanies listed on the frankfurt stock exchangegerman brandshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2009official 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