Mattes

What Mattes does

MATTES Group is a privately held Czech consumer goods company founded in 1991, headquartered in Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic, with wholly-owned national distribution subsidiaries in Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary. The company manufactures and distributes a diversified portfolio of personal care, hygiene, and household products under its own brands — including PEPINO (sexual health and intimacy products such as condoms, lubricant gels, pregnancy and ovulation tests, and vibrating rings), Lybar (hair styling sprays), MILO/Rebicek/DEOBARKET (air fresheners and fragrances) — together with dental hygiene, personal hygiene, and detergent product lines.

The group's technical capabilities span in-vitro diagnostic medical device manufacturing (colloidal gold immunochromatographic pregnancy and ovulation tests with claimed >99% accuracy), consumer goods formulation (e.g., Lybar hairsprays using Laminaria Ochroleuca seaweed extract and provitamin B5), and packaging component manufacturing (trigger sprayers, lotion pumps, closures, spray bottles) sold both internally and to third-party manufacturers in drugstore, cosmetics, and chemical industries.

MATTES operates a hybrid B2B/B2C revenue model: it supplies private-label consumer goods under retailer brands to major Central European retail chains including MAKRO, Kaufland, COOP, Penny market, Auchan, and CORA, while simultaneously distributing its own branded products through those same retail outlets and maintaining corporate websites plus PEPINO-branded social media channels in Czech, English, and Polish. The group has shown brand-portfolio consolidation (PepCom acquired in 2007 and renamed to LYBAR in 2016) but discloses no funding activity, ownership changes, or public revenue figures.

Name

Mattes

Legal name

MATTES Corp. s.r.o.

Website

https://mattesgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

MATTES Group is a privately held Czech consumer goods manufacturer and distributor founded in 1991, operating across Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary. It produces branded personal care, hygiene, hair care, air freshener, and packaging products while supplying private-label goods to major Central European retail chains.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Consumer Goods Manufacturing

NAICS

All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing (326199), Soap and Cleaning Compound Manufacturing (32561)

SIC

Miscellaneous Plastics Products (3080), Plastics Products, Nec (3089)

akta.pro primary industry

Custom & Specialty Rigid Plastic Packaging (Decorated, Premium, Unique Shapes) (IMALAAAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Foodservice/To-Go Packaging (Cups, Clamshells, Cutlery) (IMALAHAM)

Keywords

• Consumer goods manufacturing
• Private label manufacturing
• Personal care products
• Packaging components
• Hygiene products distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Gyor

HQ country

Hungary

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consumer Product Sales: Direct sales of branded consumer products (PEPINO health/intimacy products, Lybar hair care, MILO air fresheners) through retail distribution networks in Central Europe
2. Private Label Manufacturing: Manufacturing and supplying products under retailer private labels for major retail chains including MAKRO, Kaufland, COOP, and others
3. Packaging Components: Sale of packaging solutions including trigger sprayers, lotion pumps, closures, and spray bottles to other manufacturers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Mattes manufactures and distributes consumer goods across personal care, hygiene, health diagnostics, and household categories under its own brands (PEPINO, Lybar, MILO, DEOBARKET, Rebicek). The company also operates a private-label manufacturing business supplying major Central European retail chains, and produces plastic packaging components such as trigger sprayers, lotion pumps, and closures for industrial customers.

Product overview

MATTES Group is a Czech consumer goods company founded in 1991, operating as a distribution and trading group with subsidiaries across Central Europe (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary). The company owns several brands: PEPINO (sexual health and intimacy products including condoms, lubricants, pregnancy/ovulation tests, and vibrating rings), Lybar ORIGINAL (hair care styling products), MILO and Rebicek (air fresheners and fragrances), and DEOBARKET (gel air fresheners). Additional product lines include dental hygiene, personal hygiene, detergents, and a comprehensive packaging products division offering trigger sprayers, lotion pumps, closures, and spray bottles. The company also offers private label manufacturing services to major retailers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PEPINO: Brand for health and intimacy products including condoms, lubricant gels, pregnancy tests, ovulation tests, and vibrating rings
• Lybar
• MILO
• DEOBARKET
• Rebicek

Products and services

• PEPINO condoms and intimate care

Named customers14 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and moderate.

• MAKROcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor international cash & carry wholesale chain purchasing private label consumer products from MATTES Group
• KauflandcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEuropean retail chain purchasing private label products from MATTES Group
• COOPmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCooperative retail chain in Central Europe supplied with private label products
• Penny marketmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDiscount retailer chain purchasing private label products
• AuchanmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrench-origin retail chain in Central Europe with private label supply arrangement
• CORAmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRetail chain (now under Auchan group) supplied with private label products
• PolomarketmoderateChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPolish retail chain purchasing private label products
• ProfimoderateChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRetail chain operating in multiple Central European countries with private label supply
• PepCom (now LYBAR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn 2007, MATTES expanded to include PepCom which owned the PEPINO brand. In 2016, PepCom was renamed to LYBAR, which now owns both Pepino and Lybar brands, representing a core brand portfolio consolidation within the group
• PepinocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPEPINO is the health and intimacy brand of MATTES Group, including condoms, lubricant gels, pregnancy tests, ovulation tests, and vibrating rings. The brand is part of the LYBAR company within MATTES Group

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Silgan Holdings: US-listed dispensing and specialty closure manufacturer relevant to Mattes' trigger sprayers and closures business — public benchmark for evaluating Mattes' packaging division.

Direct peers

• McBride plc: Largest European private label manufacturer of household and personal care products serving major grocery and discount retailers across Western and Eastern Europe — directly comparable business model, customer set, and product categories to Mattes' private label business.
• Sarantis Group: Greek-listed personal care and household products group with private label and branded operations across CEE — closest geographic and category peer with retail distribution structure akin to Mattes.
• Bolton Group: Italy-based family-owned CPG group spanning personal care, intimate wellness, and home care brands including analogous intimate health brands — comparable private, multi-brand, multi-country European model.
• Albea Group: Global beauty and personal care packaging manufacturer producing trigger sprayers, pumps, and dispensing components — directly comparable to Mattes' packaging products division serving cosmetic and home care customers.

Broad incumbents

• PZ Cussons: UK-listed personal care CPG incumbent with brand portfolios overlapping Mattes' intimate wellness and personal hygiene categories — competitor for shelf and brand investment in CE retail.
• AptarGroup: US-listed global leader in dispensing systems including pumps and sprayers used in beauty, home care, and pharma — benchmark for Mattes' packaging components business and possible competitive supplier in CE.
• Reckitt Benckiser: Global CPG incumbent in hygiene, health, and intimate wellness with deep CE distribution — a large competitor to PEPINO intimate wellness products on CE shelves.
• Church & Dwight: US-listed CPG incumbent operating Trojan (intimate wellness) and personal care brands competing directly with PEPINO on formulation and distribution.

Regional players

• Hausdorff Dr. Seltmann Group: Germany/Central European private label household and personal care manufacturer — demonstrates a regional private label comparator for European retail contracts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pepino.czech
• Instagraminstagram.com/pepinoczech

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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