ABOUT US

Obliged by tradition,
connected by trust.

HAERTOL is a German company through and through. VEB Härtol Werk was founded in Magdeburg in 1952. Over the course of the 1970s and 1980s, it developed into one of the largest producers of chemical products in the former GDR — leading in the manufacture of antifreeze, soldering supplies, surface finishing pre-treatment products, flux for hot-dip galvanization, quench salts and quench oils.

After reunification, Härtol GmbH Magdeburg was acquired by Henkel KGaA Düsseldorf. In the year 2000, HAERTOL Chemie GmbH went back to being an independent and owner-led company. Since 2019, Dr. Marco Bergemann has been Managing Partner. In 2023, the US group Valvoline Global Operations acquired a stake in HAERTOL.

A brief introduction of HAERTOL Chemie by company owner Dr. Marco Bergemann

Business is conducted between people.

Dr. Marco Bergemann is managing partner and CEO of HAERTOL Chemie GmbH and heads the company’s operations. He holds a Doctorate in Chemistry and previously served in various leadership positions at BASF SE, where he was internationally active, and has been in Management at HAERTOL Chemie GmbH since the year 2012.

He is your first contact partner when it comes to innovative and reliable chemical-technical solutions for the international automotive and power plant industries.

Expertise and diligence are our aspiration.

For more than 70 years, HAERTOL has stood for high-quality chemical-technical products and has made a name for itself as a globally renowned automotive supplier. Our success is based on chemical-technical research and development expertise, technical know-how and commercial meticulousness.

It is our aspiration to combine quality and success with sustainable business through teamwork with our business partners. HAERTOL supplies customers on four continents. In addition to the Magdeburg production site, the expertise of the company is steered from the Hanseatic City of Hamburg.

Expertise and diligence are our aspiration.

For more than 70 years, HAERTOL has stood for high-quality chemical-technical products and has made a name for itself as a globally renowned automotive supplier. Our success is based on chemical-technical research and development expertise, technical know-how and commercial meticulousness.

It is our aspiration to combine quality and success with sustainable business through teamwork with our business partners. HAERTOL supplies customers on four continents. In addition to the Magdeburg production site, the expertise of the company is steered from the Hanseatic City of Hamburg.