Press Releases

Oerlikon Balzers wins the Magna Supplier Innovation Award 2022 with its Smart Coatings

Bingen, Germany / Balzers, Liechtenstein, March 22, 2023 – Oerlikon Balzers, a world-leading technology brand of Oerlikon for thin-film coatings, has won the Magna Supplier Innovation Award 2022 in the “Transmission Solutions” category with its Smart Coatings. Magna’s powertrain division, one of the world’s leading…

Annual General Meeting of Shareholders 2023

Environmentally-friendly into the future with innovative nonwovens systems

Neumünster (Germany), March 2, 2023 – Everybody’s talking about sustainability – and Oerlikon Nonwoven shows us how it’s done. At the world’s leading nonwovens trade fair, the INDEX, being held in Geneva in Switzerland between April 18-21, 2023, the systems manufacturer will be presenting its product portfolio…

Oerlikon Successfully Closed Acquisition of Riri; Takes Leadership Position in Luxury Metalware

Pfaeffikon, Schwyz, Switzerland – March 1, 2023 – Oerlikon has successfully closed the acquisition of Riri, following the signing of the agreement announced on December 16, 2022.

hycuTEC the focus of many discussions at the FILTECH trade fair

Neumünster (Germany), February 23, 2023 – Oerlikon Nonwoven hit the perfect note among visitors at this year’s FILTECH trade fair in Cologne with its hycuTEC hydrocharging technology for efficiently charging filter media. Following the market launch of hycuTEC last year, we have now for the first time been…

2022 Full-Year Results

Oerlikon with robust +10% sales growth and +10% operational EBITDA growth in 2022. This was supported by strong operational execution and continued strategic focus on profitable growth, diversification, and sustainability progress.

Longer parking times for greater efficiency

Remscheid, February 16, 2023 – since 2018, Oerlikon Barmag has been offering the market’s only currently available concept for high-end home textile applications using the POY and DTY process. The spinning concept with the WINGS HD winding unit in conjunction with an automatic eAFK Big V Multispindle texturing machine…

Oerlikon expands service offering for customers in the USA

Remscheid, Germany / Charlotte, NC, USA – February 9, 2023 – The American subsidiary of the Swiss Oerlikon Group, Oerlikon Textile Inc., is expanding and moving into new, modern premises tailored to future needs just a few kilometers away from its previous location in Charlotte, North Carolina. A new service center…

Oerlikon is investing in its Surface Solutions business with a new state-of-the-art assembly and production site in Switzerland

Pfaeffikon, SZ and Hausen/Lupfig, Aargau, Switzerland – December 23, 2022 – Oerlikon, a global leader in surface technology, polymer processing and additive manufacturing, is planning a new state-of-the-art assembly and production site for its surface solutions and equipment businesses. The Group’s current locations…

Oerlikon Signs Agreement to Acquire Riri; Builds Leadership Position in Luxury Market

Sustainable system solutions for filtration requirements

Neumünster, December 1, 2022 – sustainability, quality and efficiency are today’s requirements for systems solutions for filtration applications and their end products. These requirements are covered by the Oerlikon Nonwoven product portfolio in every respect. The company will be showcasing its meltblown and spunbond…

Share Buyback

Completion of Share Buyback Program

Third-Quarter 2022 Results

Q3 Sales Growth of 7%, EBITDA +8%; Weakening Industrial Activity and Volatile Energy Markets

Sustainable solutions for the entire process chain

Remscheid/Düsseldorf, October 13, 2022 – The Swiss Oerlikon Group’s Polymer Processing Solutions division will be presenting itself at the K 2022 under the banner of ‘Feel the Flow. Keep Control’. The leading international trade fair for the plastics industry is taking place in Düsseldorf, Germany, between October 19…

AM Industrialization Initiative

Munich, Germany and Pfäffikon, Switzerland – Representatives of seven companies and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) signed at the AMTC conference in Munich a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of establishing/founding the “Bavarian AM Cluster” (BAMC).

Industrial 3D printing success stories from three continents – AMTC 2022 presents an international overview of additive manufacturing development

Munich, Germany and Pfäffikon, Switzerland – October 6, 2022 – The fifth annual Advanced Manufacturing Technology Conference (AMTC), which takes place on the campus of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) October 11 - 12, will be sending a signal in favor of international cooperation. More than 60…

Second-Quarter and Half-Year 2022 Results

Strong Q2 Performance Confirming Growth Strategy

Exited Russian Operations

Oerlikon Barmag – focus on eccentric screw pumps and pumps for shear-sensitive materials

Remscheid, June 2, 2022 – improved productivity and increased lifespan and tailored solutions also for the most demanding applications within the chemicals and plastics industries and in PUR applications – these are the convincing arguments with which Oerlikon Barmag is showcasing its precision metering pumps at this…

‘Not a Single Day Without Oerlikon’ – Capital Markets Day

Sustainable infrastructure solutions, road safety and health protection

Neumünster, Remscheid, May 12, 2022 – at this year’s Techtextil, Oerlikon Polymer Processing Solutions will be presenting the trade audience with new applications, special processes and sustainable solutions focusing on the production of industrial textiles. Among other things, the company will be showcasing new…

First Quarter 2022 Results

Strong Profitable Growth Continued in First Quarter

Annual General Meeting of Shareholders 2022

A pioneer of the manmade fiber industry – Oerlikon Barmag celebrates its 100th anniversary

Remscheid, March 27, 2022 – when the manmade fiber age began a century ago, a German company was responsible for the pioneering work involved. Barmag, established in 1922, was one of the world’s first companies to construct machines for the large-scale production of synthetic staple fibers. To this day, the leading…