UFI Filters Group, through its subsidiary UFI Filters Hydraulics S.p.A., has announced that it has acquired all of the shares of Friedrichs Filtersysteme GmbH. This German company manufactures hydraulic products for the industrial sector and has its headquarters and plant production in Wassenberg, in the North Rhine-Westphalia Region.

Now in its 30th year of activity, this acquisition is part of the important growth strategy of UFI Filters Hydraulics, the Hydraulics Division of the UFI Group. As a result, UFI Filters Hydraulics is gaining access to several additional markets, and extending its portfolio with new products and patents. These include the duplex fluidtech series of filters, deltaP differential pressure indicators, air-oil mist separators for generators, silencers for air compressors, water filters for marine and industry and other filtration units and breathers for several sectors, including wind power generation, mining and chemical industry.

By becoming part of UFI Filters Group, Friedrichs Filtersysteme will take advantage of the entire range of filters, elements and technologies already in the portfolio of the Group. In addition, the Hydraulic Division of the UFI Group will benefit from the almost fifty-year experience of the German company, as well as from the synergies deriving from the Friedrichs Filtersysteme patented brand philosophy, Fluent Thinking.