Tisol

What Tisol does

Tisol Kft. is a privately held Hungarian salt distribution company headquartered in Budapest, founded in 1993, and operating as the exclusive Hungarian representative of Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG, a German salt manufacturer. The company distributes a portfolio of vacuum salt products — food-grade salt, decorative/Brezel salt for bakeries, feed salt, curing salt with nitrite for meat processing, SALIT mineral salt licks for livestock, and Claramat-branded water softening tablets — sourced from its German parent and sold in industrial bulk packaging (25kg bags, big bags, 1000kg pallets). Tisol serves Hungarian customers across four primary segments: food industry (canneries, bakeries, cheese factories, meat processors, seasoning manufacturers), animal feed, water treatment, and household use, with a value proposition centered on high-purity (99.9% NaCl) product consistency, multiple food-safety certifications (ISO, HACCP, IFS, Kosher, Halal, Bioland, EG-Öko, QS, A-Futter, QM Milch, Codex Alimentarius), and reliable in-house-plus-partner logistics.

The business model is sales-led, direct B2B distribution within Hungary only, with a lean 1-10 employee headcount, own fleet supplemented by logistics partners, and multi-location warehousing. Pricing is quote-based, not publicly disclosed, and structured around volume packaging tiers. Revenue is generated entirely through one-time product sales of physical salt inventory imported from Germany and stored domestically. The company is managed by Geschäftsführer Markus Koch, Representation Leader László Kiss, and Account Manager Andrea Pápai. No external institutional investors, no funding rounds, no M&A, and no plans for geographic expansion are disclosed; the 30th anniversary was commemorated in 2023 with the parent company's president, signaling stable strategic alignment rather than transformation.

Name

Tisol

Legal name

Tisol Kft.

Website

https://tisol.hu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tisol Kft. is a Budapest-based B2B salt distributor founded in 1993, operating as the exclusive Hungarian representative of German producer Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG, supplying food-grade, feed, curing, and water-softening salt to Hungarian food processors, feed companies, and water treatment operators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Salt Distribution

NAICS

Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers (4245)

SIC

Wholesale-Metals & Minerals (No Petroleum) (5050), Food And Kindred Products (2000)

akta.pro primary industry

Salt & Salt-Based Seasonings (Sea Salt, Flake, Seasoned Salts) (AFAJANAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sugar & Salt Bulk Storage (TLALAIAH)

Keywords

• Industrial salt distribution
• Food grade salt
• Water softening salt
• Animal feed salt
• Meat curing salt

Headquarters

HQ city

Budapest

HQ country

Hungary

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Salt Distribution and Trading: Tisol Kft. generates revenue through the trading and distribution of various salt products in the Hungarian market. The company began operations in 1993 with the trading of vacuum salt, curing salt, and regeneration salt. Products are sold in bulk packaging (25kg bags, big bags, and pallets of 1000kg) to industrial and commercial customers. Revenue is generated through product sales with pricing based on quantity and packaging type.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Tisol Kft. distributes a comprehensive range of vacuum salt products in the Hungarian market as the exclusive representative of German salt producer Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG. The portfolio spans food-grade vacuum salt (including iodized variants), decorative salt for bakeries, feed salt for animal nutrition, SALIT mineral salt licks, nitrite curing salt for meat processing, and Claramat water-softening salt tablets, all delivered in bulk industrial packaging (25kg bags, big bags, and 1000kg pallets) to B2B customers in the food industry, animal feed sector, and water treatment market.

Product overview

Tisol Kft. operates as the Hungarian representative of Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG (Germany), distributing a comprehensive portfolio of salt products. The company offers six core product categories: food-grade vacuum salt (Étkezési vákuum só/Speisesalz) for food processing applications including iodized variants; decorative/Brezel salt (Dekor só/Brezelsalz) for the baking industry; feed salt (Takarmány Vákuum só/Futtermittelsalz) for animal nutrition; SALIT mineral lick salt blocks (nyalósó/Lecksteine) in standard and mineral-enriched formulas for livestock and wildlife; pickling salt (Pác-só/Pökelsalz) with nitrite for meat processing; and Claramat regenerating salt tablets (Regeneráló só/Regeneriersalz) for water softening equipment. All products are sourced from the German parent company and distributed through logistics partners with the company's own fleet and storage facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SALIT: SALIT branded mineral salt licks for animals including horses, cows, sheep, and wild game
• Claramat

Products and services

• Dekor só (Brezelsalz / Decorative Salt) Decorative salt for the baking industry with heat-resistant properties. Grain size 1.0-2.5mm (50-70% between 1.25 and 2.0mm), pure white color. Recommended for pretzels, bread sticks, snacks, and savory croissants. Sold in bulk industrial packaging.
• Takarmány Vákum só (Feed Vacuum Salt) Feed salt for animal nutrition with 39% Na content and 99.9% NaCl content. Moisture content approximately 0.05% (2h/110°C). Packaged in 25kg bags on Euro pallets of 1000kg. Designed for livestock and animal feed applications.
• SALIT Nyalósó (SALIT Mineral Salt Licks) SALIT branded mineral lick salt blocks for animals. Available in two variants: Vacuum Salt Licks (100% vacuum salt, weather-resistant, cubic 10kg blocks with center hole) and Mineral Licks (vacuum salt with added essential minerals including iron, manganese, zinc, iodine, cobalt, selenium). Recommended for horses, cows, sheep, and wild animals. Packaged 1200kg on Euro pallets.
• Pác-só (Curing Salt / Pökelsalz) Pickling/curing salt for meat processing with elevated nitrite content (0.4-0.5%). Production under strict official control. Provides optimal color and aroma formation, protects against dangerous bacteria and oxidation. Packaged in 25kg bags. Designed for sausage and meat processing operations.
• Regeneráló só (Claramat Water Softening Salt Tablets) Claramat brand water softening salt in tablet form for water treatment equipment. Hard, slowly dissolving tablets designed to prevent limescale buildup and produce soft water. Packaged in 25kg bags on Euro pallets of 1000kg, shrink-wrapped. Used in dishwashers and water softening systems.
• Étkezési vákuum só (Food-grade Vacuum Salt / Speisesalz) Vacuum food salt for the food industry with 99.9% NaCl content. Moisture content 0.01-0.1% (2h/110°C), grain size 0-1mm (>70% between 0.2 and 0.63mm). Also available as iodized variant. Packaged in 25kg polyethylene bags or Big-Bags. Recommended for canning factories, bakeries, and cheese factories.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1993Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG is the parent company of Tisol Kft. Tisol represents the German parent company in the Hungarian market, distributing vacuum salt, curing salt, regeneration salt, and other salt products from the German manufacturer. The partnership was established in 1993 when Tisol Kft. was founded. The 30th anniversary in 2023 was celebrated with Ulrich Fluck, President of Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG, in Heilbronn, Germany.
• Logistics Partners (Transport Companies)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTisol Kft. works with transport/shipping companies (fuvarozó cégek) together with their own fleet and warehouses to provide delivery service at the highest level. These logistics partners are essential for the company's B2B distribution operations in Hungary.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Compass Minerals International: Producer of salt (including de-icing, water-treatment, and food-grade) with European footprint through subsidiaries. Comparable on water-softening/de-icing salt adjacency to Tisol's Claramat and feed-salt lines.
• Solvay S.A. Global chemicals/salt group that produces soda ash and salt at scale. Overlaps with Tisol in industrial-grade salt and food-grade applications and represents a potential alternative upstream or competing supplier into Hungarian accounts.
• Cargill Salt (Cargill, Incorporated): Global salt producer and food-industry supplier. Overlaps with Tisol on food-grade vacuum salt, kosher/halal-certified salt, and animal feed salt — competing for the same Hungarian industrial buyers under a much larger global brand.
• Nobian (Nouryon Salt): European salt and chlor-alkali producer (formerly part of AkzoNobel). Comparable in vacuum salt and industrial salt offerings, supplying similar food-grade and water-treatment customers across Europe.
• Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG: Tisol's German parent company and the original salt producer. Directly comparable in product portfolio (vacuum salt, feed salt, salt licks, water-softening salt) and acts as both supplier and sister-entity for any non-Hungarian accounts.
• K+S Aktiengesellschaft: One of the world's largest salt producers and the dominant European salt group. Highly comparable as a broad incumbent operating upstream of Tisol; competes indirectly by supplying salt into CEE markets where Tisol is the Hungarian channel.

Regional players

• Salinen Austria (Salzburg Salz / Austria Salinen): Austrian state-linked salt producer active in food-grade and industrial salt across the CEE region. Geographic peer supplying overlapping markets and competing for Austrian/Hungarian cross-border industrial accounts.
• Azerbaijan Caspian Salt (and similar Eastern European salt distributors): Emerging regional salt player from the Caucasus/CEE periphery. Peer to Tisol as a regional distributor supplying bulk food-grade and industrial salt into adjacent CEE markets where Tisol might eventually expand.
• Ciech (Inowrocławskie Zakłady Chemiczne): One of Europe's largest salt producers, headquartered in Poland. Closest geographic peer to Tisol as a CEE-based salt supplier with overlapping food-grade, feed, and industrial-grade salt portfolios; competes for the same Central European industrial customers.

Direct peers

• esco – European Salt Group: European salt refiner and distributor with overlapping portfolio in food-grade salt, animal feed salt, and water-softening salt. The closest direct functional peer to Tisol as a regional industrial-B2B salt distributor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance13 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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