Ploucquet

What Ploucquet does

Ploucquet GmbH is a German textile finishing company founded in 1806 by Christoph Friedrich Ploucquet, making it one of Germany's oldest continuously operating textile enterprises at over 218 years. The company provides industrial-scale pretreatment, dyeing, coating, lamination, solvent coating, and mechanical finishing services for natural fibers, synthetic materials, and their blends including nonwovens, felts, foams, membranes, and films up to 200 cm in width. Operations are consolidated at a 20,000 square meter production facility in Zittau, located in the Germany-Poland-Czech Republic border triangle, providing logistical access to Eastern European markets and supporting the company's stated track record of 15 million meters of finished textile production.

The company's technical capabilities include six stenter frames for PU, acrylate, color, and foam coatings; a 2-meter working width roller laminating system with corona plasma treatment for surface modification; three-layer PU-based transfer coating for trenchless pipe rehabilitation liners up to 220 meters in length; and 16 dyeing systems supporting six different processes (reactive, substantive, pigment, sulphur, acid, metal complex) in both broad and rope form. An in-house laboratory provides production-integrated colourimetry, quality monitoring, and testing across textile physics, thermal, and chemical domains. The company holds multiple certifications including ISO, ÖKO TEX STeP, REACH compliance, and DIN EN ISO 50001:2011 energy management, with operations achieving 90% waste recycling and solvent-free production processes.

Ploucquet operates as a B2B service provider with a sales-led go-to-market model, delivering customized textile finishing solutions directly to industrial customers on a quote-based pricing structure. The company serves specialized application sectors including personal protective equipment (PPE) for police, military, and fire brigades; aviation (parachute fabrics); trenchless sewer rehabilitation (coated pipe liners using resin-impregnated textile hoses); and emerging automotive and medical/hygiene applications. The company employs 100-250 staff under the leadership of Managing Director Matthias Maier, with no disclosed parent company, investor, or private equity ownership structure in available source data.

Name

Ploucquet

Legal name

Ploucquet GmbH

Website

https://ploucquet.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1806

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ploucquet GmbH is a German textile finishing company founded in 1806, providing pretreatment, dyeing, coating, lamination, and solvent coating services for industrial customers in PPE, aviation, and infrastructure rehabilitation sectors from its 20,000 sqm Zittau facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Zittau

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Textile Finishing Services: Ploucquet provides B2B textile finishing and processing services including coating, lamination, solvent coating, dyeing and mechanical finishing for cotton and synthetic fabrics. The company operates on a project/service basis with customized solutions for industrial customers.
2. Customized Technical Textiles: Production of customized technical textiles for specialized applications including personal protective equipment, aviation materials, and trenchless sewer rehabilitation products

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ploucquet is a B2B textile finishing company providing pretreatment, coating, lamination, solvent coating, dyeing/printing, and mechanical finishing services for natural fibers, synthetics, and blends. The company serves specialized industrial sectors including personal protective equipment, aviation (parachutes), and trenchless sewer rehabilitation, producing customized technical textiles from its 20,000 sqm plant in Zittau, Germany.

Product overview

Ploucquet is a textile finishing company offering comprehensive processing technologies as a unified service portfolio rather than a modular platform. The core offerings include pretreatment (singeing, desizing, bleaching, mercerising), coating (PU/acrylate/foam/solvent coatings), lamination (heat/pressure bonding with PU adhesives), solvent coating for pipe rehabilitation, and dyeing/printing (6 processes, 16 systems). These services are complemented by mechanical finishing (calendering, roughening, sanforising). The company processes natural fibers, synthetics, and blends including nonwovens, felts, membranes, and films up to 200cm width. Application sectors include PPE, aviation (parachutes), sewer rehabilitation, and flame protection. Production occurs at a 20,000 sqm facility in Zittau, Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pretreatment Services (Vorbehandlung)
• Coating Services (Beschichtung)
• Lamination Services (Laminierung)
• Solvent Coating Services (Lösemittelbeschichtung)
• Dyeing and Printing Services (Färbung und Druck)
• Mechanical Finishing Services (Mechanische Appretur)
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Solutions
• Aviation Textiles
• Trenchless Sewer Rehabilitation Textiles

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of waste is recycled
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• European Outdoor Sustainability Working GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPloucquet is involved in the European Outdoor Sustainability Working Group to develop recycling solutions for outdoor clothing. This partnership focuses on environmental sustainability and circular economy initiatives in the textile industry.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Schoeller Textil AG: Schoeller Textil is a Swiss textile finishing company specializing in high-performance coatings, laminations, and finishes for technical textiles in sportswear, workwear, and protective applications — directly analogous to Ploucquet's coating/lamination/PPE focus.
• Sioen Industries: Sioen is a Belgian manufacturer of coated technical textiles with strong positions in PPE, technical textiles, and coated industrial fabrics — a clear European peer to Ploucquet's PPE and technical-textile finishing business.
• Verseidag-Indutex GmbH: Verseidag is a German producer of coated and finished technical textiles for architecture, industry, and protective applications; a closely comparable German/European textile finisher to Ploucquet.
• Heytex Bramsche GmbH: Heytex is a German coated technical textiles manufacturer serving industrial, military, and protection markets with coating and laminating capabilities directly comparable to Ploucquet's offering.
• Serge Ferrari SA: Serge Ferrari is a French manufacturer of coated and finished technical textiles used in industry, architecture, and protective applications — a comparable European technical textile finisher.
• Kümpers GmbH: Kümpers is a German technical textiles weaver and finisher serving industrial, automotive, and protective segments — closely comparable to Ploucquet's blended textile finishing capabilities in Germany.
• Sattler PRO-TEX GmbH: Sattler PRO-TEX is an Austrian technical textile manufacturer focused on technical fabrics, including coated and laminated products for industrial and protective end-uses — comparable to Ploucquet's Central European technical textile finishing.

Broad incumbents

• Trelleborg Coated Systems: Trelleborg's coated fabrics business supplies high-performance coated textiles for industrial and protective applications globally; broader incumbent in the same end-markets as Ploucquet.
• Continental AG (Industrial Coated Fabrics): Continental is a large German industrial conglomerate with a coated fabrics division serving automotive, industrial, and specialty applications; a broad incumbent that competes in adjacent coated-textile segments.

Emerging players

• DyStar Group: DyStar supplies textile dyes, auxiliaries, and chemical solutions to the global textile and apparel industry; relevant as a chemistry/finishing input partner in the same dyeing and finishing value chain that Ploucquet serves.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ploucquet-textiles
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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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