Chemicals & MaterialsAug 10, 2026

Oerlikon Group

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Year Founded & Workforce

1905-12-31

1,134 Employees

Industry

Chemicals & Materials

Services

Oerlikon Group Overview

Company Headquarters: Switzerland

Founded: 1906

Workforce: ~1,134

Company Working: Oerlikon group is engaged in the manufacturing of advanced materials, surface engineering, and polymer processing. The company operates mainly in two business divisions, namely surface solutions, and man-made fibers. The surface solutions segment includes brands such as Oerlikon Balzers, Oerlikon Metco, and Oerlikon AM, and its man-made fiber segment includes brands such as Oerlikon Barmag, Oerlikon Neumag, and Oerlikon Nonwoven. The company provides ceramic coating products under the Oerlikon Metco brand. It offers a wide range of products to diverse industries, including aerospace, general industries and tooling, automotive, power generation, and apparel & industrial textiles. The company has around 236 production sites, 77 sales offices, and 39 regional offices in 37 countries across the globe.

Strategy

Oerlikon group is focused on expanding its technology leadership via innovation in coating solutions. The company invests around 5% of its revenue in R&D. It aims at expanding its geographical foothold and opening three to four coating centers per year. Also, the company plans to increase its global presence via targeted acquisitions, value chain expansion, and operational excellence to gain a strong position in the market.

Company Snapshot

$2,896.1M

Revenue

1,134

Employees

1905-12-31

Founded

Switzerland

Headquarters

SWOT Analysis

Strengths

Global presence and vast distribution network
Robust R&D capability

Weaknesses

Decline in revenue by 5.2% from 2018 to 2019

Opportunities

Robust R&D investments of around 5% of its revenue
Growth in end-use markets

Threats

Intense competition from leading players
Fluctuating foreign exchange rates

Product Offering

Oerlikon Group
- Ceramic Coatings

Financial Performance

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Joseph Aguayo

Sales Operations & Pricing Manager, Intel

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Bong Lau

Sales Leader, Bamberg

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Peter Groot Koerkamp

Account and Business Manager, EFS-Holland BV

Thanks for sending the report it gives us a good global view of the Betaïne market.

Younghwan Choi

Senior Retail Manager, LG Chem

We found the report very insightful! we found your research firm very helpful. I'm sending this email to secure our future business.

Mark Irwin

Management Consultant, Level 21

I am very pleased with how market segments have been defined in a relevant way for my purposes (such as "Portable Freezers & refrigerators" and "last-mile"). In general the report is well structured. Thanks very much for your efforts.

Rob Kooiker

Group Product Manager HVAC & Fire Protection GMA, Rockwool

I have been reading the first document or the study, the Global HVAC and FP market report 2021 till 2026. Must say, good info! I have not gone in depth at all parts, but got a good indication of the data inside!

Jason Lee

R&D Director, Seojin

Thanks for your great support. Appreciate it. Well received report. It helps us to understand market well. We're planning other area of survey in the future, let's keep in touch.

Akif Moroglu

Strategy & Business Development Director, Dogan Holding

We got the report in time, we really thank you for your support in this process. I also thank to all of your team as they did a great job.

Oerlikon Group

Company Headquarters: Switzerland Founded: 1906 Workforce: ~1,134 Company Working: Oerlikon group is engaged in the manufacturing of advanced materials, surface engineering, and polymer processing. The company operates mainly in two business divisions, namely surface solutions, and man-made fibers. The surface solutions segment includes brands such as Oerlikon Balzers, Oerlikon Metco, and Oerlikon AM, and its man-made fiber segment includes brands such as Oerlikon Barmag, Oerlikon Neumag, and Oerlikon Nonwoven. The company provides ceramic coating products under the Oerlikon Metco brand. It offers a wide range of products to diverse industries, including aerospace, general industries and tooling, automotive, power generation, and apparel & industrial textiles. The company has around 236 production sites, 77 sales offices, and 39 regional offices in 37 countries across the globe.

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