Oligalvânica

What Oligalvânica does

Oligalvânica — Óleos e Galvânica, Lda is a privately held Portuguese chemical products supplier founded in 1987 and headquartered in Águeda, Portugal. The company commercializes products and solutions for surface treatment and industrial needs, serving the metallurgy and metalworking industry as its sole vertical. Its stated value proposition centers on reliability, dedicated technical support, and rapid response times to support customers' production continuity.

The business operates with a small team (1-10 employees) under a founder-led ownership structure (José Carlos Familiar de Pinho, José Pinho da Silva, and Maria Fernanda Marques Silva as co-founders). Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is presumed to be quote-based; revenue is generated through one-time transactional sales of surface treatment products rather than subscriptions or licensing. The go-to-market motion is direct sales, with a prominent phone number (+351 234 612 340) as the primary customer touchpoint and a single-country (Portugal) distribution footprint. The corporate website is currently undergoing a refresh, consistent with limited ongoing digital sales investment. No patents, certifications, awards, partnerships, funding rounds, subsidiaries, or M&A activity are disclosed in the available source material.

Name

Oligalvânica

Legal name

Oligalvânica - Óleos e Galvânica, Lda

Website

https://oligalvanica.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Oligalvânica is a Portuguese chemical products supplier founded in 1987 that sells surface treatment solutions directly to industrial customers in the metallurgy and metalworking sectors from its headquarters in Águeda, Portugal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial surface treatment chemicals

NAICS

Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers (332812)

SIC

Miscellaneous Chemical Products (2890), Chemicals & Allied Products (2800), Specialty Cleaning, Polishing And Sanitation Preparations (2842)

akta.pro primary industry

Electroplating & Metal Finishing (Anodizing/Galvanizing/Passivation) (IMAIAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Electroplating & Metallization Chemicals (Cu/Ni/Au plating, additives) (IMAEAKAK), Process Oils & White Oils (IMAEAMAK)

Keywords

• Surface treatment chemicals
• Industrial metal finishing
• Metallurgical supplies
• Galvanic coatings
• Metalworking products

Headquarters

HQ city

Águeda

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Surface Treatment Products: Commercialization of products and solutions for surface treatment and industrial needs, with focus on the metallurgy and metalworking industry.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Oligalvânica commercializes products and solutions for surface treatment of metals and industrial needs, with a focus on the metallurgical and metalworking industry. The portfolio centers on chemical surface treatment products (oils and galvanic solutions per the company's legal name, Óleos e Galvânica) sold to industrial buyers. Offerings are complemented by technical support and rapid response for industrial customers.

Product overview

Oligalvânica commercializes products and solutions for surface treatment and industrial needs, with a focus on the metallurgical and metalworking industry. The company emphasizes reliability, technical support, and quick response times. As a single-category product company, they offer treatment products and solutions for the metal industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Surface treatment products and industrial solutions Commercial portfolio of chemical products and solutions for surface treatment of metals and other industrial needs, targeted at the metallurgical and metalworking industry. Includes oils (Óleos) and galvanic treatment products (Galvânica), complemented by technical support and rapid response services for industrial buyers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Quaker Houghton: Global leader in industrial process fluids and metalworking fluids. Comparable to Oligalvânica's "Óleos" (oils) side of the business for metalworking and metal-treatment customers.
• MacDermid Enthone (Element Solutions): Major supplier of metal plating and surface treatment chemistries to electronics and industrial finishing customers. Comparable to Oligalvânica on core chemistry category and metal-finishing end users.
• Atotech (MKS Instruments): Global leader in specialty plating and surface finishing chemistry, now part of MKS Instruments. Comparable through shared focus on metal finishing chemistry, though vastly larger and broader in portfolio and geography.
• Castrol Industrial (BP): Major industrial lubricants and metalworking fluids brand. Comparable to Oligalvânica's industrial oils offering to metalworking customers, though at vastly different scale.
• Chemetall (BASF): Global supplier of surface treatment chemicals for metal substrates, now part of BASF's Coatings division. Directly comparable in electroplating and metal pretreatment chemistry serving industrial customers.
• Henkel (Surface Treatment / Bonderite): Multinational chemicals company offering metal pretreatment and surface treatment solutions under the Bonderite brand. Overlaps with Oligalvânica in industrial surface chemistry for metals, though at much greater scale and breadth.

Direct peers

• Coventya (Element Solutions): Specialist formulator of electroplating and surface treatment chemicals serving metal finishing customers worldwide. Most directly comparable to Oligalvânica's galvanic chemicals line in product category and customer base.
• SurTec (Volkswagen Group): Developer of specialty chemicals for surface treatment including electroplating and metal finishing. Comparable in product scope and customer base to Oligalvânica, though with broader European reach.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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