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BALLISTOL. The brand for people. Animal. Technology. BALLISTOL is a traditional family-owned company whose products have been manufactured in Germany for more than four generations and are now sold worldwide. The core product Ballistol Universal Oil was originally developed as a wound and weapon oil for the Imperial Army, and for many decades it has been valued as a universally applicable all-purpose oil. After the great success of Ballistol Universal Oil, the company was constantly expanded, production expanded and the product range successively broadened. Today, BALLISTOL sells well over 80 articles - from special oils, cleaners and agents for weapon care to technical oils for production, workshops and trade to care and mosquito repellents for humans and animals. In 1874 Friedrich Wilhelm Klever, a lawyer with economic interests, founded the Chemische Fabrik F.W. KLEVER in Cologne. He began with the production of coal-based oils and fats and bought a mine to be independent of raw material supplies. Around the turn of the century, the imperial army was looking for an all-round oil that would not only care for the metal parts of the weapons, but also for the wooden stocks and leather goods, and would also be able to produce a wide range of other products. to conserve. At the same time it had to serve the soldier as wound oil for minor injuries, cracks and abrasions. In 1904, the son of the company founder, Dr. Helmut Klever, then lecturer in chemistry at the Technical University in Karlsruhe, succeeded in formulating a special oil, which he named "BALLISTOL" after the words ballistics and the Latin oleum for oil. The name BALLISTOL survived all the confusion of the It has become a household name for hunters, shooters, anglers and many others, a synonym for quality and versatility. Weakened by two world wars, which only the branch in Leverkusen survived, the downfall of the traditional brand BALLISTOL was almost sealed. The young chemist Dr. Heinrich Zettler, who had recognized the potential of the BALLISTOL brand, courageously took over the management of the company in 1973. Gradually, he expanded the company again to become an economically healthy and globally operating brand manufacturer. After After taking over the management, Dr. Heinrich Zettler and his wife Herta took over the company in 1990 and transferred it to the Zettler family. In 2006 Dr. Heinrich Zettler resigned as Managing Director and placed the company in the hands of his sons Dr. Christian and Andreas Zettler. With a view to the needs of different customer groups, the portfolio was successively expanded. BALLISTOL GmbH was founded in 2012. Today the brand BALLISTOL is sold under this name. In addition to the well-known universal oil, many other products for humans, animals and technology are sold in over 30 languages. Traditional values, down-to-earthness and quality continue to take top priority and secure valuable jobs at the production site in Germany.