Fuchs SE is a German multinational manufacturer of lubricants, and related speciality products.

[9] In 1972, the German business was spun off and made independent as Fuchs Mineraloelwerke GmbH.

In 1975, the Group opened up to the capital market by founding Fuchs Beteiligungsgesellschaft KG.

[13] In 1985, the company signed a joint venture agreement in China, which led to the first production facility in Yingkou in 1988.

[12][13] As a result of the expansion and the associated costs, Manfred Fuchs decided to take the family business public.

However, to ensure that the majority of votes remained in the family, the company initially issued preference shares.

[15] In the same year, Fuchs purchased the British Batoyle Freedom Group company of Norfolk.

Around 300 million euros were invested in plant expansions and the construction of new production facilities worldwide.

Between 2016 and 2018, for example, new grease plants were built in the USA and South Africa as well as new production facilities in Australia and Sweden.

In addition, a new plant for lubricants was opened in Wujiang, China, and the Asian headquarters and the research and development centre in Shanghai were expanded and modernized.

Most recently, a new polyurea plant was built in Kaiserslautern and a new office building at the Mannheim site.