Founded in 1849 by Carl Johann Freudenberg in Weinheim, Germany, Freudenberg SE is a long-established fully family-owned global diversified technology group with a 177-year heritage. Employing over 51,000 staff worldwide and operating across more than 60 countries, the group generates annual revenue exceeding 10 billion euros. Owned collectively by over 320 descendants of the founding family without external public capital, Freudenberg adheres to a long-term R&D and sustainability strategy with its core brand mission Innovating TogetherFreudenber.
The group specializes in advanced material science, delivering invisible yet critical core components, specialty materials and integrated industrial system solutions for over 40 industrial segments. Most Freudenberg products are embedded inside machinery, production lines and consumer goods.
Global Operation Features
Nine independent business groups operate under matrix management; each owns dedicated R&D, manufacturing and sales teams while sharing cross-group core material technology platforms.
Hundreds of production sites and material testing laboratories worldwide sustain continuous heavy investment in innovation, with tens of thousands of patents covering sealing, filtration and polymer materials.
Sustainability is embedded in all corporate strategies, with low-carbon, recyclable and energy-saving designs adopted across all product lines, alongside dedicated development of hydrogen and battery technologies for green mobility.
