Nopla

What Nopla does

Nopla AS is a privately held Norwegian manufacturer of recyclable, injection-moulded plastic products headquartered in Leksvik, Norway. The company operates a 6,000 sqm factory equipped with approximately 25 injection moulding machines spanning 45 to 1,500 tons of closing force, processing thermoplastics including PP, HDPE, ABS, HIPS, SAN and nylon/polyamide. It sells under multiple sub-brands: Jotiflex and Nopla pipe fittings in PP and HDPE, the Nopla Packaging/Reline/Small Boxes lines for warehouse, logistics and distribution customers, and Seat4You arena seats via its Nopla Sport AS subsidiary — the only producer of arena seats in Norway and the Nordics. The company is also an OEM subcontractor offering full value-chain services from design through mould production (via partner factories in Europe and Asia) to serial production and assembly.

The company's go-to-market combines direct B2B sales from the Leksvik factory, regional sales offices in Oslo and Helsingborg (Sweden), distribution through plumbing and building-materials wholesalers for pipe fittings, and a pooling-based channel for the RTI Sea reusable seafood packaging system in partnership with one of the Nordics' largest box pool actors. Revenue streams include one-time hardware sales across product lines, OEM manufacturing services, and emerging reuse/circular-economy services tied to the ReCreate closed-loop food-grade PP recycling project. The company has disclosed annual turnover of just below NOK 100 million (~USD 9–10M) and has accumulated 50+ years of injection moulding heritage (originally as Lycro, established 1970). Forward initiatives include the ReCreate recycling project (with NLP and Norner, supported by the Research Council of Norway and Handelens Miljøfond), the Cover4You stadium covering system under development, and a 100% recycled plastic crab trap collaboration with Lofotteina in the blue sector.

Name

Nopla

Legal name

Nopla AS

Website

https://nopla.no

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nopla AS is a Norwegian injection moulder of recyclable plastic products serving packaging, pipe-fitting, OEM, and arena-seating customers across the Nordics, with newer circular-economy offerings in seafood packaging and recycled food-grade PP.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Plastic Manufacturing (Injection Moulded Products)

NAICS

Plastics Product Manufacturing (3261), All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing (326199)

SIC

Plastics Products, Nec (3089)

akta.pro primary industry

Rigid Food Containers (Cups, Trays, Clamshells) (IMALAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Foodservice/To-Go Packaging (Cups, Clamshells, Cutlery) (IMALAHAM), Foodservice & Single-Use Plastic Packaging (Cups, Lids, Cutlery) Manufacturing (IMANAEAI)

Keywords

• Injection moulded plastics
• Plastic packaging products
• Pipe fittings manufacturing
• OEM plastic parts
• Arena seating solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Lensvik

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Own-brand plastic packaging products: Sale of proprietary packaging products including norm boxes, storage boxes, picking boxes, warehouse drawers, stacking crates, seafood crates, small boxes, trolleys. Revenue from direct sales to warehouse/logistics and distribution market customers.
2. Own-brand pipe fittings: Sale of pipe fittings under Jotiflex and Nopla brands. Products include flexible bends and branch pipes (Ø32–110mm), couplings, reducers, VA fittings for smooth and double-walled pipes, and welding sleeves in PP. Sold to plumbing distributors and as subcontractor to multinational pipe companies.
3. OEM/Subcontractor injection moulding services: As subcontractor, offers mould development and serial production of injection moulded plastic parts for customers. Full value chain from concept to finished product. Tooling produced at partner factories in Europe and Asia; serial production in Leksvik.
4. Nopla Sport arena seating: Sale of Seat4You arena seats and representation of Spectator Seating products. Includes design, supply, and installation of stadium seating. Also offers Cover4You stadium covering system.
5. RTI Sea seafood packaging system: Complete box and system solution for reusable seafood crates and pallets. Includes rental, washing and handling of reusable plastic boxes across Europe through pooling partners. Revenue from box system sales and partnership agreements.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Nopla manufactures and supplies recyclable injection-moulded plastic products from its 6000 sqm factory in Leksvik, Norway, producing packaging for warehouse/logistics/distribution markets, PP and HDPE pipe fittings under its own Jotiflex and Nopla brands (also as OEM subcontractor), arena seating via its Nopla Sport subsidiary, and circular-economy systems such as the RTI Sea reusable seafood packaging and ReCreate closed-loop recycling project. The company serves customers across Norway, Sweden, and Europe, offering both own-brand products and full-service OEM mould design, tooling, and serial production.

Product overview

Nopla is a leading Norwegian manufacturer of recyclable injection-moulded plastic products operating as a diversified industrial company. The product portfolio consists of three main pillars: (1) Packaging products under the Nopla, Nopla Reline, Nopla Pooling, and Nopla Small Boxes sub-brands for warehouse, logistics, distribution, and seafood industry applications; (2) Pipe fittings under the Jotiflex, Nopla VA, and Nopla SM sub-brands for water/drainage systems in PP and HDPE; and (3) Specialized products including Nopla Sport's Seat4You arena seating and the Cover4You stadium covering system under development. The company also offers comprehensive OEM subcontracting services for injection moulded plastic parts and operates sustainability initiatives including the RTI Sea reusable seafood packaging solution and the ReCreate recycling project for food-approved crates. The 6000 sqm factory in Leksvik houses approximately 25 injection moulding machines with closing forces from 45 to 1500 tons.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Nopla Sport: Subsidiary focused on arena seating and stadium products. Produces Seat4You brand tribunal seats. Only producer of arena seats in Norway and the Nordics.
• Jotiflex
• RTI Sea
• Seat4You
• Cover4You
• ReCreate

Products and services

• Nopla Packaging (Emballasje) A comprehensive line of recyclable injection-moulded plastic packaging products for warehouse, logistics, and distribution markets, including norm boxes, storage boxes, picking boxes, stacking crates, and seafood containers.
• Nopla Reline (Stacking Crates) Stackable, returnable plastic transport containers for warehouse, logistics, and seafood industry use, made from reusable and recyclable materials.
• Jotiflex Pipe Fittings Flexible, adjustable PP pipe fittings for water and drainage in dimensions Ø32-110mm. A complete system including bends, branches, couplings, and reducers that can reduce plumber inventory requirements by up to 70%.
• Nopla VA Pipe Fittings Polypropylene pipe fittings series for both ribbed (DV) and smooth (Glatt) pipe systems in dimensions 110-400mm, for water and drainage (VA) applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% CO2 footprint reduction compared to EPS boxes
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Norsk Lastbærer Pool (NLP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNLP operates logistics solutions for reusable transport packaging for the Norwegian grocery industry. Their systems enable reuse of packaging for up to 10 years. Nopla produces the boxes for NLP and together they developed the ReCreate project to recycle food-approved PP boxes into new food-approved boxes — creating a closed-loop circular economy. NLP is a critical channel partner for RTI Sea distribution.
• NornercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorner is one of Europe's leading R&D centres for polymer and plastic industry with over 40 years of experience. Invited as R&D partner in the ReCreate project to investigate and develop commercially relevant processes for producing recycled food-approved polypropylene, in alignment with EU food safety regulations.
• LofotteinaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNopla and Lofotteina developed a 100% recyclable crab trap exclusively produced from recycled plastic sourced from the fishing and breeding industry. Combines Nopla's injection moulding capability with Lofotteina's market knowledge in the blue sector.
• Spectator SeatingminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNopla Sport represents Spectator Seating's arena seating products in Norway/Nordics, complementing its own Seat4You brand. Spectator Seating products are installed at most Norwegian top football arenas.
• One of the Nordics' largest box pool actorscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRTI Sea has a cooperation agreement with one of the largest box pool actors in the Nordics, enabling the delivery of up to 3 million box trips per year and access to washing facilities across Europe. This partnership provides the pooling infrastructure for RTI Sea's reusable seafood box system.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Camatic Seating: International manufacturer of arena and stadium seating. Comparable to Nopla Sport's Seat4You product, though serving different geographies; useful reference for stadium-grade certification, design, and installation economics.
• Schoeller Allibert: European leader in returnable plastic packaging (RTP) and pooling crates. Directly comparable to Nopla's RTI Sea and reusable seafood/storage box systems, with similar pooling logistics across Europe and a focus on injection-moulded rigid containers.
• Arena Seating International: European designer and installer of spectator seating systems. Direct comparability to Nopla Sport's Seat4You and Cover4You stadium products, with overlapping customer base of sports venues and event spaces across Europe.
• Pipelife: One of Europe's largest plastic pipe system producers, with PP and HDPE product lines. Directly comparable to Nopla's pipe fittings business (Nopla VA, Jotiflex, Nopla SM), and a likely buyer of Nopla's OEM subcontracting output.

Emerging players

• Nofir: Norwegian specialist in recycling fishing gear, ropes, and nets into reusable plastics. Comparable to Nopla's Lofotteina crab trap and ReCreate initiatives, sharing a circular-economy, fishing-industry-anchored positioning though Nofir focuses on recycling rather than manufacturing.

Regional players

• Brødrene Sunde: Norwegian plastics manufacturer producing PE and PP pipes/fittings. Comparable to Nopla's PP/HDPE pipe fittings and OEM injection moulding focus, competing in the same Nordic plumbing channel with NRF-coded products.

Broad incumbents

• Geberit: European leader in sanitary and plumbing systems, including pipe fittings for water and drainage. Comparable as a multinational pipe/fittings buyer and competitor to Nopla's PP/HDPE fittings; likely an OEM customer for subcontracted parts.
• BEWI ASA: Largest Nordic producer of EPS and insulation packaging, headquartered in Norway. Comparable to Nopla because RTI Sea directly substitutes BEWI's EPS seafood boxes, and BEWI is also investing in circular foam alternatives. Larger and publicly listed, offering a broader packaging portfolio.
• Uponor: Nordic-origin supplier of plastic and composite pipe systems for water, drainage, and radiant heating. Comparable to Nopla's pipe-fitting and OEM business for water/drainage, with much larger scale and broader EU presence.
• Wavin: Global plastic pipe and fittings manufacturer with broad PP/HDPE product portfolios for water, drainage, and infrastructure. Similar to Nopla's pipe fittings business, though at significantly larger scale and with broader geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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