AVISTA OIL Deutschland GmbH

What AVISTA OIL Deutschland GmbH does

AVISTA OIL Deutschland GmbH is a privately held German lubricant manufacturer headquartered in Uetze, Lower Saxony, producing a comprehensive portfolio of motor oils, industrial lubricants, base oils, greases, antifreeze, and brake fluids. The company sells approximately 20 distinct product lines — including passenger car oils (pace), commercial vehicle oils (pure), construction machinery oils (peak), agricultural oils (path), motorcycle oils (pulse), and a full industrial range spanning hydraulic, gear, compressor, cutting, grinding, and slideway oils — organized across three quality tiers (Ursprung, EVO, EVO PRIME). Its core manufacturing technology is a patented ESR process (Patentierte ESR-Technologie) that enables nearly waste-free base oil production by reusing valuable oils as raw materials; the resulting AVIeCO-qualified base oils carry third-party-verified CO2 savings of up to 1,530 kg/t relative to conventionally produced base oils, certified by DEKRA.

The company's products carry OEM approvals from manufacturers such as Fendt (for AVISTA path EVO PRIME UTTO FT SAE 10W-30 in agricultural machinery), and its portfolio extends into specialized applications including hybrid passenger vehicles and stationary gas engines. All products are manufactured in Germany.

AVISTA OIL operates a B2B go-to-market model centered on an authorized dealer and distributor network, with a dealer locator tool (Händlersuche) on its corporate website avista-lubes.de. The company exports to approximately 50 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Caucasus, Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and North Africa, supported by a multilingual website (German, English, Russian). Revenue is generated through one-time product sales with quote-based B2B pricing — no public pricing is disclosed. The firm is structured as a GmbH (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) under German law, independently owned with no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, or external equity investors. Management consists of two Managing Directors, Birgit Fahlteich and Sebastian Erlenkämper.

Name

AVISTA OIL Deutschland GmbH

Legal name

AVISTA OIL Deutschland GmbH

Website

https://avista-lubes.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AVISTA OIL Deutschland GmbH is a privately held German lubricant manufacturer producing motor oils, industrial lubricants, base oils, and greases for automotive, commercial vehicle, agricultural, construction, and industrial customers worldwide, distributed through an authorized dealer network across approximately 50 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Lubricants

NAICS

Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (324191), Petroleum Refineries (32411)

SIC

Petroleum Refining (2911), Wholesale-Chemicals & Allied Products (5160)

akta.pro primary industry

Automotive Lubricants (PCMO, HDMO, ATF, Gear Oils, Coolants) (EUALAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gear Oils & Transmission Fluids (IMAEAMAE), Refrigeration Compressor Oils (IMAEAMAH), Used Oil Collection, Re-refining & Circularity (Waste Oil, Recycled Base Oils) (EUALAJAK), Lubricants, Fluids & Chemical Products Distribution (Oils, Coolants, AdBlue/DEF, Cleaners) (TLAKAOAL)

Keywords

• Lubricant manufacturing
• Motor oils
• Industrial lubricants
• Base oil production
• Automotive fluids

Headquarters

HQ city

Uetze

HQ country

Germany

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, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Lubricant Product Sales: AVISTA OIL generates revenue through the sale of lubricants including automotive oils (pace, pure, peak, path, pulse), industrial oils (hyd, gear, slide, compressor, tack, spray, cut, grind), greases, antifreeze, brake fluids, and base oils. Products are sold through authorized dealers and directly to professional customers. The company offers products across three quality tiers with pricing varying by tier.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AVISTA OIL Deutschland GmbH manufactures and sells a full range of automotive and industrial lubricants — including passenger car and commercial vehicle engine oils, motorcycle oils, construction and agricultural machinery oils, hydraulic and gear oils, compressor, cutting, grinding, slideway, tack, and spray oils, lubricating greases, base oils, antifreeze, brake fluids, and gas engine oils. Products are offered across three quality tiers (Ursprung, EVO, EVO PRIME) and distributed through an authorized dealer network in roughly 50 countries, with production based on patented ESR technology and optional AVIeCO sustainability qualification.

Product overview

AVISTA OIL Deutschland GmbH is a German lubricant manufacturer offering a comprehensive portfolio of automotive and industrial lubricants across three quality tiers (Ursprung, EVO, EVO Prime). The automotive range includes passenger car engine oils (pace), commercial vehicle oils (pure), construction machinery oils (peak), agricultural machinery oils (path), 2/4-stroke oils (pulse), and gear oils (peer). The industrial portfolio spans hydraulic oils (hyd), industrial gear oils (gear), slideway oils (slide), compressor oils (compressor), tack oils (tack), spray oils (spray), cutting oils (cut), grinding oils (grind), base fluids (raffinat, kernsolvat), lubricating greases (grease), coolants (antifreeze), brake fluids (brake), and gas engine oils (gas plant). Products are available with AVIeCO qualification for sustainability, utilizing patented ESR technology for resource-conserving production achieving up to 90% CO2 reduction.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AVISTA Lubes: Brand name used for the company's lubricant products, as seen in the website domain www.avista-lubes.de
• AVIeCO
• AVISTA lite
• AVISTA Q-Serie
• pace
• pure
• peak
• path
• pulse
• peer
• hyd
• gear
• slide
• compressor
• tack
• spray
• cut
• grind
• raffinat
• grease
• gas plant
• antifreeze
• brake
• kernsolvat
• AVISTA path EVO PRIME
• AVISTA pace HYBRID

Products and services

• AVISTA pace Passenger car engine oils designed for everyday use, including hybrid-approved formulations, available in up to three quality tiers (Ursprung, EVO, EVO PRIME).
• AVISTA pure Commercial vehicle engine oils optimized for continuous operation in truck engines.
• AVISTA peak Construction machinery oils engineered to reliably deliver extreme performance on demand.
• AVISTA path Agricultural machinery oils developed for high loads in agricultural applications, including AVISTA path EVO PRIME UTTO FT SAE 10W-30 with Fendt approval.
• AVISTA pulse 2- and 4-stroke lubricating oils developed for rotation-induced engine stresses in motorcycles.
• AVISTA peer Advanced gear oils ensuring optimal power transmission.
• AVISTA hyd Hydraulic oils for hydraulic systems across industrial applications.
• AVISTA gear Industrial gear oils for gear systems.
• AVISTA slide Slideway and slide bed oils for machine tool guideways.
• AVISTA compressor Compressor oils including VDL series (32, 46, 68, 100, 150) and VDL 46 HC, formulated with paraffin-based or HC base oils for compressor lubrication.
• AVISTA tack Tack oils including TACKOIL series (150, 220, 320, 460) and TACKOIL SAW/EVO SAW for chain saws, providing high adhesion and film strength.
• AVISTA spray Spray oils including SPRAY, SPRAY GRAPH (graphited), and SPRAY CHAIN for chain lubrication applications.
• AVISTA cut Non-water-miscible cutting oils including CUT series (22, 28, 32, 46), CUT HT series (15, 22, 22 NAS, 30), and CUT DD 22 for machining operations.
• AVISTA grind Grinding oils including GRIND HT 10 for grinding, fine grinding, and lapping operations on alloyed and unalloyed steels, aluminum, non-ferrous metals, and cemented carbide.
• AVISTA raffinat Paraffinic base oils (68, 100, 220) used as raw materials for engine oils, gear oils, hydraulic oils, and industrial oils, and as process oils in the chemical industry.
• AVISTA grease Lubricating greases including GREASE MZ (KP 2 K-30) and GREASE FF (GP 00/000 K-50) for gearboxes, rolling bearings, and joints.
• AVISTA antifreeze Long-term engine coolant concentrate series (P11, P12+, P12++) based on monoethylene glycol with specialized protective additives, free of nitrites, amines, phosphates, and silicates.
• AVISTA brake Hydraulic brake and clutch fluids including DOT 4, DOT 4 LV (low viscosity), and DOT 5.1 for vehicles with drum and disc brake systems.
• AVISTA gas plant Gas engine oil (GAS PLANT 55) resource-conservingly produced for stationary 4-stroke gas engines, block-type cogeneration plants, and natural gas engines.
• AVISTA kernsolvat Premium base oils (KS 100, 130, 150, 200) with high viscosity index, reduced sulfur content, and extremely low PAH levels, AVIeCO-qualified for sustainability.
• AVISTA lite Economy product line offering quality Made in Germany lubricants at competitive prices.
• AVIeCO qualifiziert Sustainable oils brand using resource-conserving production processes with patented ESR technology, achieving up to 90% CO2 savings compared to conventional base oils and up to 1,530 kg/t CO2-eq verified by DEKRA.
• AVISTA Q-Serie The most sustainable engine oil product line within the AVIeCO-qualified range, marketed as the most sustainable form of motor oil.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 1,530 kg CO2-eq savings per ton of base oil compared to conventionally produced base oils
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Castrol (BP): One of the world's most recognized lubricant brands, with deep automotive OEM relationships and broad industrial coverage. Castrol's expertise in OEM approvals and global brand reach set the standard against which AVISTA's premium positioning is benchmarked.
• Fuchs Petrolub SE: Germany's largest independent lubricant manufacturer and a direct broad-market peer. Fuchs competes with AVISTA across automotive and industrial lubricants and has substantially greater scale, distribution, and OEM relationships globally.
• Shell Lubricants: Global lubricant market leader and dominant supplier of automotive and industrial lubricants. Shell's Pennzoil, Helix, and Rimula brands compete directly across all of AVISTA's primary product lines and represent the principal global incumbent benchmark.
• TotalEnergies Lubrifiants: Global lubricant major offering automotive and industrial lubricants under the Total, Elf, and Hi-Perf brands. Comparable to AVISTA's full automotive and industrial portfolio at much larger scale, including growing sustainability-positioned product lines.

Direct peers

• Ravensberger Schmierstoffvertrieb GmbH (Ravenol): German lubricant manufacturer with a full automotive and industrial portfolio and a multi-country dealer network. Ravenol's premium positioning and racing/motorsport OEM relationships make it a close functional peer for AVISTA's specialty and OEM-driven segments.
• LIQUI MOLY GmbH: German lubricant manufacturer with a comparable "Made in Germany" premium positioning, broad automotive and industrial portfolio, and a strong dealer/distributor model. LIQUI MOLY is the most direct mid-market competitor to AVISTA in the German-speaking specialty lubricants space.
• ROWE Mineralölwerk GmbH: German independent lubricant manufacturer offering motor oils, gear oils, hydraulic oils, and industrial lubricants with a similar mid-market European footprint and dealer-led distribution. Comparable in scale and product breadth to AVISTA.
• Mabanol GmbH & Co. KG: German-based independent lubricant manufacturer specializing in industrial lubricants, metalworking fluids, and base oils, with strong presence in European B2B industrial channels. Comparable to AVISTA on the industrial oils and base oil side.
• Carl Bechem GmbH: German specialty lubricant manufacturer focused on industrial oils, greases, and metalworking fluids. Comparable to AVISTA in industrial lubricant portfolio depth and European industrial customer base.

Emerging players

• Motul SA: French-headquartered specialty lubricant manufacturer with strong positions in motorcycle, automotive, and industrial oils. Direct overlap with AVISTA on the pulse (motorcycle) and pace (passenger car) product lines and a comparable premium European brand positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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