The Paul Pietzschke company was founded by its namesake in 1889 at Hamburg, Northern Germany. From the very beginning this chemical and technical company has endeavoured to produced and market a line of high quality elastic sealants, coatings and lubricants for the ever growing global commercial marine market.

The Pietzschke line of products quickly established themselves by meeting the rigorous demands of the commercial ship building industry. As a result Pietzschke Supra Marine Glue soon became the default standard for the caulking of wooden deck joints. In addition the Pietzschke line of Launching Grease Products soon became known for their consistently reliable performance. These products are regularly ordered by numerous shipyards in Germany and abroad for the launchings of ships as well as the moving and re-location of large hull sections during the fabrication process.

Approximately forty years ago the company developed one of the first fully synthetic sealants for the yacht and shipbuilding industry. These became known as WKT Synthetic Sealing Compounds and even today they continue to set the standard for extraordinary elasticity and extreme durability. WKT has stood the test of time on a great number of ships including those of various European Navies and many well known cruise liners built by the Meyer Shipyard in Papenburg. Renowned vessels such as Aurora, Oriana, Radiance of the Seas, Super Star Virgo, and Norwegian Dawn are only a partial list of today’s ships using the Pietzschke line of marine products.

In 1998 Mr. Paul Peter Pietzschke, representative of the third generation of the family owned enterprise, turned the company over to Mr. Ralf Beckedorf.
In the following years the growing importance of adhesives and sealants for technical applications led to considerable research and ultimately an increase in the company’s product range. Today, in addition to WKT, the company offers a number of adhesives and sealants which are based on contemporary MS polymeres and polyurethane prepolymeres technology. These products are marketed under the name NautiChem.

Further development has created a new flexible 2 component adhesive product range called P-Bond. In this product line the company has successfully managed to combine the well known and excellent adhesive quality of epoxides with the extraordinary elasticity of MS polymeres and thus can offer an ideal and premium product solution for the most varied applications.

Mr. Beckedorf states; “It is our goal to be flexible to the special requirements of our customers and to be able to offer them individual top quality solutions for any problem in the field of adhesives and sealants.”

The highly demanding luxury yacht and shipbuilding industries continue to be the main field of application for these innovative products. However due to high quality and inherent unique properties the products fined increasing applications outside the marine market. Areas such as commercial and residential building construction, aircraft and recreational vehicles and do it yourself household projects can all take advantage of the wide range of product offerings.