I.K.V. Tribologie

What I.K.V. Tribologie does

I.K.V. Tribologie is a French specialty lubricants manufacturer founded in 1995 and headquartered in Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse, France. The company designs and manufactures high-performance lubricants, greases, dry films, and aerosols engineered for demanding industrial applications, spanning the full chemistry spectrum from mineral oils and PAO/PAG/ester synthetics to advanced fluorinated products based on perfluoroalkylpolyether (PFPE) chemistry with PTFE, calcium, and lithium thickeners. Notable technical capabilities include operating temperature ranges from -80°C to 300°C+, NSF H-1 food-grade certifications, BAM approval for high-pressure oxygen service, and specialized products for high-current electrical contacts rated to 45 kA short-circuit current.

The company sells directly to industrial customers across more than a dozen verticals, including automotive, e-mobility, hydrogen, food and pharmaceutical, corrugated cardboard, tire manufacturing, marine, textile, mining, cement, steel, glassmaking, and electrical contacts. Its go-to-market is sales-led and direct, with quote-based pricing on multi-year contracts and no publicly disclosed pricing. IKV holds ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certifications (AFNOR) and operates through a French manufacturing base with international presence via subsidiaries and partner countries; website localization across French, English, German, and Turkish suggests active channel investment in European and regional industrial markets. The company maintains a lean headcount of 11-50 employees and appears to be privately held, with an unconfirmed but possible affiliation to Quaker Houghton indicated by an email domain reference.

Name

I.K.V. Tribologie

Legal name

IKV Tribologie

Website

https://ikv.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

I.K.V. Tribologie is a French specialty lubricants manufacturer founded in 1995 that designs and produces high-performance PFPE, silicone, and synthetic lubricants, greases, and dry films for industrial customers across automotive, e-mobility, food/pharma, packaging, tire, marine, steel, glass, and hydrogen verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Industrial Lubricants

NAICS

Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (324191)

SIC

Miscellaneous Chemical Products (2890)

akta.pro primary industry

Greases & Specialty Lubricants (Greases, Pastes, Chain Oils, Silicone/Fluoro) (EUALAJAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gear Oils & Transmission Fluids (IMAEAMAE), Automotive Lubricants (PCMO, HDMO, ATF, Gear Oils, Coolants) (EUALAJAH), Lubricant Additives & Performance Chemicals (EUALAJAB), Marine Lubricants Supply & Services (Cylinder/System Oils) (TLAHAKAJ)

Keywords

• Specialty industrial lubricants
• Fluorinated grease manufacturing
• Food-grade lubricant formulation
• Extreme temperature lubricants
• PFPE perfluoropolyether oils

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-donat-sur-l'herbasse

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. High-Performance Specialty Lubricants Sales: IKV Tribologie designs, manufactures, and sells a comprehensive range of high-performance lubricants including fluorinated greases and oils, silicone greases, mineral oils, synthetic oils (PAO, PAG, esters, diesters), and specialty products (aerosols, dry films, chain lubricants). Products are sold directly to industrial customers across multiple sectors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

IKV Tribologie designs, manufactures, and sells high-performance specialty lubricants — including fluorinated greases and oils, silicone greases and oils, calcium and lithium thickener greases, mineral oils, PAO/PAG/ester/diester/polybutene synthetic oils, chain lubricants, dry film coatings, food-grade aerosols, biodegradable lubricants, and protective products. Products are formulated in France and sold directly to industrial customers across automotive, e-mobility, food & pharma, packaging/corrugator, tire, marine, textile, mining, cement, steel, glass, hydrogen, and electrical-contact applications. Custom formulation to demanding specifications is a core capability.

Product overview

IKV Tribologie designs and manufactures high-performance lubricants, primarily serving industrial applications. The product portfolio consists of three main categories: Greases (including fluorinated greases under IKV-FLUOR and IKV-TRIBOFLON brands, ZAROX specialty greases, calcium-thickened greases, and silicone greases), Oils (covering fluorinated oils, food-grade oils, polyalphaolefin (PAO) oils, mineral oils, diester and ester oils, polyalkylene glycol oils, polybutene oils, polyalkyl ether perfluorinated oils, and silicone oils), and Aerosols/Sprays (including IKV-FLUOR Spray, IKV-TRIBOFLON Spray, IKV-TRIBOCHAIN Spray, IKV-FILMSEC Spray, IKV-MOLYFILM, IKV-FOOD GLIDE Spray, IKV-SOLVALIM Spray, IKV-SOLV 1005, IKV-BIODEGRIP, and IKV-PROTEC 100). These products serve diverse industrial sectors including automotive, e-mobility, hydrogen, food/pharmaceutical, corrugated board, tire, plastics, marine, textile, mining, cement, steel, glass, and more.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• IKV-FLUOR: Fluorinated oils and greases product line
• IKV-TRIBOCHAIN
• IKV-TRIBOFLON
• IKV-FILMSEC
• IKV-FOOD GLIDE
• IKV-SOLVALIM
• IKV-BIODEGRIP
• IKV-PROTEC 100
• ZAROX
• IKV-MOLYFILM

Products and services

• Fluorinated greases (IKV-FLUOR / IKV-TRIBOFLON) High-performance PFPE-based greases with PTFE thickener offering excellent high and low temperature performance, outstanding load-carrying capacity, complete physico-chemical inertia, and compatibility with all elastomers, seals, plastics, and metals. Targeted at critical industrial applications across multiple sectors.
• ZAROX specialty greases White, non-flammable specialty lubricants based on extremely stable perfluorinated oils with very wide operating temperature range. Available in NLGI 000 to 3 consistencies. Particularly suited to e-mobility applications requiring low starting and running torques.
• Calcium thickener greases Greases with calcium-based thickeners, including mixed lithium/calcium soaps and calcium complex soaps, for various industrial applications.
• Silicone greases Silicone-based greases offering good thermal and chemical stability across a wide operating temperature range (-73°C to 210°C), with metal/plastic and plastic/plastic compatibility.
• Fluorinated oils (PFPE) Non-flammable, colorless, odorless perfluoroalkyl-polyether oils offering the widest operating temperature range and resistance to chemical and thermal aggression; considered the highest performing oils in terms of chemical and thermal stability.
• Polyalphaolefin (PAO) oils Synthetic hydrocarbon oils produced without impurities, resistant to higher temperatures, compatible with the same additives used in mineral oils.
• Mineral oils Petroleum-derived hydrocarbon oils suitable for general industrial lubrication, relatively inexpensive with moderate chemical stability.
• Ester oils Synthetic ester oils offering higher temperature resistance than PAO or PAG oils, with options for biodegradability and food-grade applications.
• Diester oils Synthetic ester-based oils providing higher temperature resistance than PAO or PAG oils.
• Polyalkylene glycol (PAG) oils PAG-based oils that can be water-soluble or water-insoluble depending on ethylene or propylene content, offering higher temperature resistance than PAO oils.
• Polybutene oils Synthetic oils based on polybutene chemistry for specialized industrial lubrication applications.
• Polyalkyl ether perfluorinated oils PFPE-based perfluorinated oils offering the highest performance in terms of chemical and thermal stability.
• Silicone oils Polysiloxane and phenylmethyl silicone oils with excellent thermal and chemical resistance and compatibility with most materials including elastomers and plastics.
• Food-grade oils Food-grade lubricant oils for food and pharmaceutical industry applications.
• IKV-FLUOR Spray range Aerosol spray range of non-flammable, colorless, odorless fluorinated oils based on perfluoroalkyl-polyether chemistry, inert to chemical and thermal aggression for extreme temperature applications.
• IKV-TRIBOFLON Spray Fluorinated spray lubricants based on PFPE chemistry with PTFE thickener for high and low temperature performance and excellent load-carrying capacity.
• IKV-TRIBOCHAIN Spray range Chain lubricant sprays including mineral-based IKV-TRIBOCHAIN 150 WR (up to 150°C, water-repellent) and synthetic ester-based IKV-TRIBOCHAIN 250 HT (up to 280°C) and IKV-TRIBOCHAIN 4600 HT (up to 300°C) with extreme-pressure and anti-wear properties.
• IKV-FILMSEC Dry Film Spray range Dry film surface treatment sprays delivering lasting lubrication using PTFE telomeres (IKV-FILMSEC 1010), hexagonal boron nitride (IKV-FILMSEC 1024), or hexagonal graphite (IKV-FILMSEC 1084), forming thin films approximately 20 µm thick.
• IKV-FOOD GLIDE Spray range Food-grade lubricant sprays for food and pharmaceutical industry applications.
• IKV-MOLYFILM Molybdenum disulfide-based dry film lubricant spray for industrial applications.
• IKV-SOLVALIM Spray range Specialized spray range for specific industrial applications.
• IKV-SOLV 1005 Solvent-based spray product for industrial cleaning and lubrication applications.
• IKV-BIODEGRIP Biodegradable lubricant product for environmentally sensitive applications.
• IKV-PROTECC 100 Protective lubricant product for material protection applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• Operating temperature ranges from -80°C to 300°C+ depending on formulation
• +4 more outcomes

Segments13 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fingerprint TechnologiesminorOthersWebsite development and hosting partner. Fingerprint Technologies provides website creation and hosting services for IKV Tribologie's online presence.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Molykote (DuPont): Molykote, the specialty industrial lubricants brand of DuPont, offers PFPE, silicone, and dry-film lubricants including MoS2-based products that closely mirror IKV's IKV-MOLYFILM and IKV-FILMSEC ranges, serving the same industrial buyers in bearings, chains, and high-temperature applications.
• CRC Industries: CRC Industries specializes in maintenance and specialty lubricants, aerosols, and MRO chemicals with a product range very comparable to IKV's spray and aerosol lubricant offerings, including food-grade, chain, and dry-film categories for industrial MRO buyers.
• Chemours: Chemours manufactures Krytox PFPE oils and greases — the most direct chemistry-equivalent competitor to IKV's IKV-FLUOR and ZAROX PFPE product lines, serving the same high-temperature, chemically aggressive, and e-mobility applications.
• Condat Lubricants: Condat is a France-based specialty lubricant manufacturer serving wire-drawing, metalworking, and industrial applications with custom formulations — a direct geographic and product-overlap peer for IKV Tribologie in French and European industrial markets.
• Klüber Lubrication: Klüber Lubrication (part of Freudenberg) is a Germany-based specialty lubricant manufacturer with a very similar focus on PFPE-based, high-temperature, food-grade, and chain lubricants for industrial customers across automotive, food, pharma, and packaging — directly competing with IKV in Europe and globally.
• Electrolube (HK Wentworth): Electrolube specializes in lubricants and contact treatments for electrical and electronic applications; its conformal coatings and contact lubricants are directly comparable to IKV's IKV-FLUOR DML-1 electrical contact lubricant for high-current and sliding-contact applications.

Broad incumbents

• Quaker Houghton: Quaker Houghton is one of the world's largest specialty and industrial lubricant companies with a broad portfolio covering metalworking, hydraulic, and high-performance greases; its apparent affiliation with IKV Tribologie (per email-domain evidence) positions it as both a likely channel partner and a broad competitive incumbent.
• TotalEnergies Lubricants: TotalEnergies Lubricants offers a broad industrial and specialty lubricant portfolio including high-temperature greases and food-grade products, competing with IKV across multiple industrial segments while leveraging vastly greater scale and global distribution.
• Shell Lubricants: Shell Lubricants is one of the world's largest lubricant suppliers, with a comprehensive industrial specialty range including Gadus greases and Cassida food-grade products; competes with IKV primarily in large enterprise accounts across automotive, marine, and industrial sectors.
• Fuchs Petrolub: Fuchs is a global specialty lubricant major with deep coverage of automotive, food-grade (CASSIDA), and industrial lubricants; its breadth and scale make it a broad incumbent competitor to IKV's specialty positioning, particularly in European OEM accounts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/IKV_TRIBOLOGIE
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ikv-tribologie-0773a1208

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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