Deutsche Pentosin-Werke GmbH, commonly known as Pentosin, is a global independent manufacturer of lubricants and related speciality products. The company was founded in 1927 at Hamburg, Germany. The current Pentosin headquarters are at Wedel, near Hamburg, in the Schleswig-Holstein region or Bundesländer of Germany, not far from where the company was originally founded.Eighty years ago, in 1927, Heinrich Freudenthal formed a family-owned company, Deutsche Pentosin-Werke, creating veterinary and medical products.