Home The Group Business Areas Investors News Contact You are here: The Group The Group History Organisation Corporate Policies Sustainable Development About us The Group in brief HEXPOL is a world leading polymers group with strong global market positions in advanced polymer compounds (Compounding), gaskets for plate heat exchangers (Gaskets) and wheels made of plastic and rubber materials for forklifts and castor wheel applications (Wheels). Customers are primarily system suppliers to the global automotive and engineering industry, the construction sector, the energy, oil and gas sector, medical equipment manufacturers and OEM manufacturers of plate heat exchangers and forklifts. The Group is organised in two business areas: HEXPOL Compounding and HEXPOL Engineered Products. HEXPOL Compounding consists of two product areas, HEXPOL TPE Compounding and HEXPOL TP Compounding, and three geographic regions: HEXPOL Compounding NAFTA, HEXPOL Compounding Europe and HEXPOL Compounding Asia. HEXPOL Engineered Products has two product areas: HEXPOL Gaskets and HEXPOL Wheels. The organisation is structured to facilitate short and prompt decision-making processes, with clear and decentralized responsibility. HEXPOL has 43 production units and the workforce totals around 4,400 employees, mainly in Asia and the US. Most of the plants are relatively new and well invested. The high technology level, combined with far-reaching production and technological coordination, provides cost-effectiveness, high and uniform quality and the ability to smoothly relocate production among the units. Operations and market HEXPOL Compounding business area is one of the world's leading suppliers in the development and manufacturing of high-quality advanced polymer compounds for demanding applications and demanding end users. HEXPOL Compounding consists of two product areas, HEXPOL TPE Compounding and HEXPOL TP Compounding, and three geographic regions: HEXPOL Compounding NAFTA, HEXPOL Compounding Europe and HEXPOL Compounding Asia. HEXPOL Compounding's market is global and the largest end-customer segments are the automotive and engineering industries, followed by the construction sector. Other key segments are medical technology, cable and water treatment, as well as the energy, oil and gas industry. The largest customer segments within thermoplastic elastomers compounds (TPE) are general industry, consumers and medical technology. The largest customer segments within thermoplastic compounds (TP) is the automotive industry and consumer. HEXPOL Engineered Products has operations in a number of niche areas in which it occupies strong global positions in gaskets for plate heat exchangers, as well as polyurethane, rubber and plastic wheels for forklifts and material handling. The operations are organised into two product areas, HEXPOL Gaskets and HEXPOL Wheels. Within its niche areas, HEXPOL Engineered Products is active in the global market where a considerable focus is on discerning customers and advanced applications. HEXPOL is a leading supplier of rubber gaskets for plate heat exchangers, and of polyurethane wheels for forklifts. Within these areas, HEXPOL is one of a few major companies with global presence. Cookies | Organisation | About © 2017 HEXPOL AB. All rights reserved. Skeppsbron 3 | 211 20 Malmö | Sweden Tel: +46 40 25 46 60 | Fax: +46 40 25 46 89 | Email: info@hexpol.com