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Weinheim, May 20, 2026. The Freudenberg Group is strengthening its business in the energy sector. The Freudenberg Flow Technologies Business Group has acquired Balmoral Comtec effective May 19, 2026, strengthening its global business unit Connectors and Sealing Solutions, a global leader in providing critical sealing and connector solutions, and services for the energy sector. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
Balmoral Comtec, with over 45 years of experience, is a leading supplier of engineered buoyancy, cable protection, and thermal insulation product solutions serving the offshore oil and gas and wind industries. Balmoral Comtec is based in Aberdeen, Scotland, and employs 400 people at three locations in the United Kingdom. The company has a global footprint with customer projects in both the Oil & Gas and renewable energy markets in Europe, South America, and Asia.
The acquisition of Balmoral Comtec not only expands our current business in the conventional energy segment, it grows our portfolio of products supporting the energy transition.
“The acquisition of Balmoral Comtec not only expands our current business in the conventional energy segment,” explains Jason Kollatschny, CEO Connectors and Sealing Solutions. “Thanks to the diversified product offering it grows our portfolio of products supporting the energy transition.”
With the acquisition, Freudenberg Flow Technologies further expands the capacities of its existing core business with products tailor-made for the Oil & Gas and Energy Transition markets. “Balmoral Comtec’s product portfolio complements our existing solution offering. The acquisition is an important milestone on our path to becoming the leading integrated solution provider for critical sealing systems, buoyancy and cable protection products, services, Engineering & Technology as well as Digitalization & Monitoring solutions to our global customer base,” Kollatschny emphasizes.
About the Freudenberg Group
The Freudenberg Group is a global technology group that strengthens its customers and society long-term through forward-looking innovations. Together with its partners, customers, and research institutions, the Freudenberg Group develops leading-edge technologies and excellent products and services for about 40 market segments and for thousands of applications: seals, vibration control components, technical textiles, filters, cleaning technologies and products, specialty chemicals, medical products, and e-mobility solutions.
Innovation strength, strong customer orientation, diversity, and team spirit are the cornerstones of the Group. The 177-year-old company lives by its core values: commitment to excellence, reliability and proactive, responsible action. In 2025, the Freudenberg Group employed approximately 51,000 people in some 60 countries worldwide and generated sales of more than €11.7 billion. For more information, please visit www.freudenberg.com
Freudenberg is a privately held, global technology group headquartered in Weinheim, Germany, operating in over 60 countries with more than 52,000 employees. Known for its innovation and long-term focus, the company serves diverse industries with solutions in sealing technologies, filtration, specialty chemicals, medical devices, technical textiles, and consumer cleaning products (e.g., Vileda/O-Cedar). Freudenberg’s products are often behind the scenes but critical to the performance, safety, and efficiency of systems across the automotive, energy, medical, and industrial sectors.
