About Klarius

Klarius: The Company

Klarius offers exhaust systems, catalytic converters, Lambda sensors, diesel particulate filters and shock absorbers for all types of applications: light vehicles, SUVs, trucks, motorcycles and industrial equipment.

Klarius is a global force in the Independent Aftermarket (IAM), Original Equipment (OE) and Original Equipment Spares (OES) businesses. All exhausts manufactured by Klarius are fully EU type-approved.

Driven by the principle of excellence focused on providing quality technical solutions, each Klarius manufacturing plant operates a flexible production system to adapt its production cells to meet demand.

Products manufactured in the Klarius plants are distributed all over Europe thanks to an extensive logistics network combining European platforms with national and regional warehousing.

Mission Statement

The Klarius Group is committed to innovation, with a particular focus on environmental solutions, as a means of providing sustainable and long- lasting products that provide maximum customer satisfaction. Concurrent with its ongoing research into new environmental solutions, Klarius is also committed to widening its product portfolio to strengthen its brands and business with Independent Aftermarket and Original Equipment Service (OES) customers, enhancing the Group’s position as a Tier 1, Original Equipment and Industrial Supplier.

Tony Wilson, Chairman and Principle Share Holder

Mission and Vision

The Klarius Group is leading the way in providing environmental solutions to the automotive aftermarket. Klarius has long been at the forefront of a campaign lobbying HM Government of the benefits of EU type-approval on catalytic converters and exhaust systems. This campaign, certainly in terms of catalytic converters, has been a success with the Government introducing a new law in 2009 that makes type approved catalytic converters mandatory on all UK vehicles registered after 1st January 2001.

EU type-approval provides evidence for a customer that the catalytic converter or exhaust system he/she is buying has been subjected to, and passed, a series of rigorous checks. It is a mark of quality, which means the system is at least as good as the original equipment design. As a result, not only is the system more likely to last longer, but it can also help reduce emissions, increase fuel efficiency and reduce noise pollution.

Klarius : Operations

The Klarius Group has over 650 employees across Europe, with 3 production facilities,
in the UK, distribution platforms: in the UK, France and Spain; and a research and development facility located in the UK. The technical centre has its own approved test track (the only parts manufacturer to have one) for undertaking type approval of parts. As well as supplying major companies in the aftermarket sector, Klarius also supplies OE manufacturers with exhausts for top marques.

As a full range manufacturer of exhaust systems and catalytic converters covering 97% of the European car parc, Klarius is highly reactive to market needs; its design, technical and lean manufacturing facilities providing the mechanism that takes products from initial enquiry to market in a matter of days.

Klarius specialises in supplying to motor factor buying groups that serve the automotive aftermarket; a sector known for its demanding requirements in terms of model variants, price and delivery. Yet despite these demands, Klarius has grown its business consistently, introducing an unprecedented 100 new references a month, and achieving a 98.7% delivery rate across its UK factories. Key to these achievements is recent strategic investment of £1.6M in lean manufacturing, training, new production processes and logistics.