Huchtemeier Paper

What Huchtemeier Paper does

Huchtemeier Papier GmbH is a 130-year-old German tissue paper company headquartered in Dortmund that manufactures and distributes hygiene paper products, napkins, and tissue raw materials (parent reels, pulp, recycled paper) to professional wholesalers, specialist dealers, and tissue converters across 18 countries. The company operates a portfolio of sub-brands — SELECT (48-hour delivery top sellers), EXPECT (10-day delivery with priority and 100-day return guarantee), CUSTOM (made-to-spec production), Green Hygiene (100% recycled, plastic-free, CO2-neutral), and YourBrand (private label from one carton minimum) — and a healthcare division supplying medical rolls, dental napkins, and incontinence products. Production is conducted through joint ventures with GZP/ASKO PAPIER in Nysa, Poland (modernized Perini toilet paper and folded towel lines), Aquator Papier for folded towels, Huchtemeier Polima Hungary HPL for airlaid wipes in Fertőszéplak, and Essential Tissue SRL in Dej, Romania for Eastern European distribution.

Revenue is generated through three streams: sale of finished tissue products under proprietary and private-label brands to wholesalers and retailers (one-time sales), supply of tissue parent reels and pulp to converters with value-added logistics, del credere, and customs clearance services (transaction-based), and customized private-label manufacturing. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; commercial terms are 30 days net cash. The go-to-market is sales-led with dedicated regional sales managers for Germany, Austria, and export markets, plus channel partners across cleaning supply, HoReCa, office supply, healthcare, and industrial distribution. Huchtemeier was acquired by Lithuanian tissue company Grigeo Group AB in October 2025, becoming part of a group exceeding €300M revenue and ~1,000 employees, while retaining its existing Voßschulte family management.

Name

Huchtemeier Paper

Legal name

Huchtemeier Papier GmbH

Website

https://huchtemeier.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1895

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Huchtemeier Papier GmbH is a 130-year-old German tissue company (Dortmund) that manufactures and distributes hygiene paper, napkins, healthcare products, and tissue raw materials (parent reels, pulp) to professional wholesalers, specialist dealers, and converters across 18 countries in Europe via brands SELECT, EXPECT, CUSTOM, Green Hygiene, and YourBrand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tissue Paper Products

NAICS

Sanitary Paper Product Manufacturing (322291), Paper Mills (322120), Converted Paper Product Manufacturing (3222), Industrial and Personal Service Paper Merchant Wholesalers (424130)

SIC

Converted Paper & Paperboard Prods (No Contaners/Boxes) (2670), Paper Mills (2621), Wholesale-Paper & Paper Products (5110)

akta.pro primary industry

Consumer Tissue Paper (Facial, Toilet, Paper Towels, Napkins) (IMAMAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Tissue Converting & Private Label Manufacturing (IMAMAGAH), Paper Napkins (CRAJAFAD), Medical & Healthcare Hygiene Disposables (Patient Wipes, Underpads) (IMAMAGAF), Tissue & Hygiene Paper Distribution (IMAMAIAH)

Keywords

• Tissue paper manufacturing
• Hygiene paper wholesale
• Paper napkins supply
• Private label tissue
• Tissue parent reels

Headquarters

HQ city

Dortmund

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tissue Product Sales: Sale of hygiene paper products (toilet paper, kitchen rolls, hand towels) and paper napkins to professional wholesalers and specialized distributors. Products sold under company's own brands (EXPECT, SELECT, Green Hygiene) and as private label/custom products.
2. Raw Materials Supply: Supply of tissue parent reels, pulp, recycled paper, and non-woven materials to tissue converters and the company's own converting plants. Includes logistics services, invoicing, del credere, and customs clearance for tissue producers.
3. Private Label/YourBrand: Custom manufacturing of tissue products under customer brand names with flexible processing capabilities. Minimum order quantity is one carton for private label products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Huchtemeier Paper manufactures and supplies tissue paper products — toilet paper, kitchen rolls, hand towels, paper napkins, and healthcare/medical tissue — primarily to professional wholesalers, specialist dealers, and tissue converters across Europe. The company also distributes raw materials (tissue parent reels, recycled paper, pulp, non-wovens) to converters and offers private-label manufacturing (YourBrand) with low minimum order quantities. Production is carried out through wholly-owned subsidiaries and joint ventures in Poland and Hungary.

Product overview

Huchtemeier Paper is a tissue paper company supplying hygiene paper products and raw materials to professional wholesalers and the tissue industry. The core product portfolio includes four hygiene paper lines: SELECT (top sellers with 48-hour delivery), EXPECT (fast-moving products with 10-day delivery), CUSTOM (customized production), and Green Hygiene (sustainable eco-friendly line). The company also offers parent reels (tissue raw materials for converters), napkins (promotional and plain), and healthcare products (medical rolls, wipes, incontinence products). Additional services include private label (YourBrand), logistics support, and financing options. The company operates as part of the Grigeo Group since 2025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Green Hygiene: Sustainable toilet and towel paper made from 100% recycled paper, plastic-free packaging, CO2-neutral production with 1 Euro per carton donated to environmental projects
• EXPECT
• SELECT
• CUSTOM
• YourBrand

Products and services

• SELECT Top-selling hygiene paper program with guaranteed 48-hour delivery (24 hours on request), minimum order of one pallet, and certified customer protection with direct delivery to the customer's address. Includes toilet paper, kitchen rolls and folded towels.
• EXPECT Fast-moving hygiene paper and napkin program with guaranteed 10-day delivery, minimum 17 pallets combined order, priority during shortages, individual labeling, marketing support, free samples, and 100-day return warranty.
• CUSTOM

Quantifiable outcome

• Guaranteed delivery within 48 hours for SELECT program
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GZP/ASKO PAPIERcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partnership for tissue production at the Nysa facility in Poland. Huchtemeier relocated its production from Küstrin to Nysa in 2015 in partnership with GZP/ASKO PAPIER. The JV houses modernized Perini production lines for toilet paper.
• Aquator Papier JVcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture for folded towel production started in 2017 in Nysa, Poland. Part of Huchtemeier's production network in Central Europe.
• Essential Tissue SRLcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture established in 2020 in Dej, Romania with sales offices in Warsaw, Vienna, and Sofia. Focus on tissue product distribution in Central and Eastern Europe.
• Stiftung NaturschutzminorOthersEnvironmental partnership supporting peatland rewetting projects in Schleswig-Holstein as part of the Green Hygiene sustainability initiative. Huchtemeier contributes 1 euro per sold carton of Green Hygiene products to climate and environmental projects.
• ClimatePartnerminorOthersCarbon offset partnership for Green Hygiene product line. CO2 emissions are neutralized through certified ClimatePartner projects.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sofidel Group: Italy-based global tissue producer with strong private-label and FMCG contracts across Europe. Comparable through integrated tissue manufacturing, parent reel supply and private label customization in the same end markets Huchtemeier serves.
• Hakle GmbH: Switzerland-origin (German-market) tissue brand with toilet paper, handkerchiefs and hygiene products, now part of a global group. Directly comparable in finished hygiene paper and retail/specialist channel exposure in Germany.
• Fripa Papierfabrik Albert Fripa GmbH: German independent tissue mill producing hygiene paper, napkins and parent reels for the European specialist trade. Closely comparable mid-sized German tissue producer with overlapping product portfolio and wholesale customer base.
• WEPA Industrie GmbH: Large family-owned European tissue manufacturer headquartered in Germany, producing toilet paper, kitchen rolls, hand towels and napkins for private label and own brands across Western and Central Europe. Closest scale and product-mix comparable to Huchtemeier in the DACH/CEE specialist channel.

Broad incumbents

• Essity AB: Global Swedish hygiene and tissue giant owning Tork, Tempo, Zewa and Lotus. Operates at vastly greater scale but competes in the same professional/household hygiene paper categories Huchtemeier serves, including via Tork in the away-from-home channel.
• Metsä Tissue: Finnish tissue manufacturer behind Serla, Lambi and Mola brands with mills across Europe. Comparable parent-reel-to-finished-goods value chain and European away-from-home channel presence, though at significantly larger scale.
• Kimberly-Clark Corporation: Global consumer tissue and hygiene major behind Kleenex, Scott and Andrex. Comparable only as a broad incumbent competing for the same professional and retail hygiene paper demand in Europe.
• Georgia-Pacific LLC: US-based major tissue and pulp producer (Angel Soft, Quilted Northern, Brawny). Overlaps with Huchtemeier in tissue parent reels and finished tissue products for institutional and retail customers.

Emerging players

• Albaad Deutschland GmbH: Israel/Germany-headquartered maker of wet wipes, hygiene disposables and nonwoven substrates with EU manufacturing. Comparable in healthcare/hygiene disposables and non-woven airlaid production adjacent to Huchtemeier's healthcare and airlaid lines.
• Cartagen Industries: Smaller European tissue converter focused on away-from-home hygiene products and parent reel supply to converters. Comparable as a peer in industrial and personal service tissue distribution within Europe.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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