setral® was originally founded in 1969 in Strasbourg/France by Jean-Léon Spehner, Jean-Pierre Lepré and Guy Grospêtre. From the very beginning setral® has dealt with the most central component when it comes to making production processes run smoothly: the specialty lubricant.
Karl-Heinz Hensel took over the company in 1985 and led setral® into a dynamic growth phase, by incorporating new production processes and through consistent further development of the product range.
The production and storage facilities were expanded in the following years. At the same time, research activities intensified in the 1990s. New production facilities and new technologies have accompanied the dynamic growth phase in the last decade. The global sales network has been expanded in recent years to ensure global availability.
setral® at a glance
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1969 |
Foundation of Sétral S.A. in Strasbourg/France |
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1982 |
Foundation of the ECCO Gleittechnik GmbH in Martinsried/Germany |
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1984 |
Foundation of Setral Chemie GmbH in Martinsried/Germany |
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1985 |
Acquisition of Sétral S.A. by ECCO |
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1988 |
Construction of a new production facility in Romanswiller/France |
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1990 |
Setting up of a second research laboratory |
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1992 |
Relocation of the subsidiary Setral Chemie GmbH from Martinsried to Seeshaupt/Germany |
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1993 |
Construction of a plant for the production of solid lubricants |
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1994 |
Construction of various test equipment such as RVT, DFBT in cooperation with universities |
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1997 |
Certification ISO 9001 |
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2001 |
Foundation of Setral / Austria |
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2003 |
Foundation of Setral / Portugal |
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2004 |
Expansion of the research and development laboratories |
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2006 |
Comprehensive extension and conversion of production facilities in Romanswiller/France |
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2008 |
Successful implementation of DIN EN ISO 14001 (Environmental Management), Extensive investments in grease production and filling |
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2010 |
Joint venture with Bardahl in France |
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2011 |
New Corporate Design; implemantation of a worldwide intranet and relaunch of our new homepage |
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2012 |
Completion of the H1 product range for food & pharmaceutical industry |
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2013 |
Construction of a new office and stock building in Romanswiller/France |
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2014 |
Investment in new laboratory testing machines (e.g. rheometer, TGA), extension of the production capacity and potential (e.g. new grease reactor 1t) |
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2015 |
New production hall exclusively for H1 products, Expansion of production with a separate production area for H1 lubricants, Kosher and Halal certification for all H1/H2/3H lubricants |
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2016 |
Re-certification according to ISO revision 2015 (9001 & 14001) |
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2017 |
Investments in new production machines for H1, H2 & 3H products, production data acquisition (PDA) implemented, Machines equipped with modern control units |
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2018 |
Certification according ISO 21469 ("lubricants with incidental product contact") |
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2019 |
50 years setral® |
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2020 |
New product database and website. New warehouse for oils |
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2021 |
setral® is climate neutral & climate positive and joins the Environment Pact Bavaria (Umweltpakt Bayern) |
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2021 |
ECCO / setral® group aquires the lubricant brands TECCEM® and Fluoronox® |
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2022 |
setral® takes over production, distribution and further development of selected Plurasafe® Industrial Lubricants from BASF |
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2022 |
Building permit for the second production plant, setral® France |
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2023 |
Doubling of production and storage space. Capacity expansion for the large-scale production of speciality oils. Installation of a photovoltaic plant in Romanswiller. |
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2024 |
Award of the EcoVadis Gold Medal. Setral SARL among the top 5% worldwide. |
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