Mankiewicz

Mankiewicz is an independent family company. It has developed and produced high performance coating systems since 1895. Its headquarters is in Hamburg, Germany. The company makes coating systems for industrial series production. It says it combines uniform quality standards worldwide with local availability and technical support close to customers' production. The company says it has more than 125 years of innovation behind it.

Aviation is one of its industries. Mankiewicz supplies coatings for aircraft exterior parts, interior parts and structural components. Interior coatings cover design, touch and individual finishes. The company adjusts each coating system to the component, the surface, the specification and the painting process.

Other industries include automotive, rail vehicles, machine and plant engineering and construction machinery. The company also serves energy infrastructure, wind power, medical equipment, robotics, powertrain and agricultural machinery. Its wind power work includes rotor blade production and repair. For yachts, the ALEXSEAL coating system offers a color configurator with more than 120 solid and metallic shades.

Design work covers color, gloss and feel. The design team works with customers on how a surface looks, feels and reacts to light. The company has had a design department for over 20 years. It also publishes a yearly Colors of the Year selection. The 2026 selection includes the shades Ice Water, Tree House and Sour.

Support services include color matching, a tested quality center and a research and development lab. They also include global supply chains, application engineering and application tests. The company offers training, process adjustment and help with integrating coating systems into existing production. Regional contacts and application technology experts work in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

The company says its staff come from more than 50 nations and work across 18 locations. The website also lists sustainability work covering environment, social and governance matters. It runs apprenticeships and dual study courses for young people entering the industry.

Services

• Coating systems
• Aviation exterior coatings
• Aviation interior coatings
• Structural component coatings
• Design and color development
• Color matching
• Quality testing center
• Application engineering
• Process adjustment and training
• Regional technical support