Name

Tilgmann Group

Legal name

Tilgmann (Finnish Business ID: Y-2619765-7)

Website

https://tilgmann.fi

Company type

Private

Founded year

1869

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Packaging Materials

NAICS

Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing (322211), Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing (322219), Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing (3114)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Paper Mills (2621), Papers & Allied Products (2600)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty & Functional Labels (Linerless, RFID/NFC, Braille, Smart) (IMALAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corrugated Packaging (Boxes, Sheets, Pads) (IMALACAA), Paper-Based Foodservice Packaging (Cups, Lids, Trays, Takeout Containers) (IMALACAJ), Rigid Food Containers (Cups, Trays, Clamshells) (IMALAAAD)

Keywords

• Fibre-based labels
• Food packaging materials
• Self-adhesive labels
• Flexible packaging
• Carton packaging

Headquarters

HQ city

Helsinki

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Manufacture and sale of packaging materials: Core revenue from manufacturing and selling fibre-based labels (gravure and offset printed), self-adhesive labels, flexible packaging and related packaging materials produced at multiple production facilities for customers primarily in the food industry in the Nordic and Baltic countries. Sales are project/order-based through a decentralized direct B2B sales model.
2. Carton packaging and future product lines: Carton boxes have historically played a key role in Tilgmann's range and the group is actively working to bring carton packaging back as a significant part of the product range alongside labels.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Tilgmann Group manufactures fibre-based, food-grade packaging materials — primarily labels (gravure and offset printed fibre-based labels, self-adhesive labels), carton packaging, and flexible packaging — using offset, photogravure and flexographic printing across multiple production facilities. The group serves industrial customers in the food industry across the Nordic and Baltic countries.

Product overview

Tilgmann Group is a Nordic packaging materials manufacturer with a long history as a printing and packaging producer, founded in Helsinki in 1869. The portfolio is organized around three core product categories: Labels (including self-adhesive labels and fibre-based gravure/offset-printed labels, the group's primary offering and reportedly produced since the late 19th century), Carton packaging (carton boxes, a historical key product the group is actively working to bring back as a major part of the range), and Flexible packaging (plastic flexible packaging, reintroduced in the mid-2010s). The group operates a decentralized production model with multiple production facilities across Finland, Sweden, and Estonia, and has expanded through acquisitions including Turun Offsetpaino Oy (mid-2010s), Paperityö Oy (2016), and two leading Estonian label operations. Printing technologies employed include offset, photogravure, and flexographic printing, with post-press finishing such as laminating, polishing, and die-cutting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Labels (fibre-based gravure and offset-printed labels) Tilgmann's primary product category, manufactured using offset, photogravure and flexographic printing on fibre-based substrates. Supplied primarily to food industry customers across the Nordics and Baltics via the group's decentralised production facilities.
• Self-adhesive labels Self-adhesive labels are described as the fastest-growing label solution within Tilgmann's range, including flexographic-printed labels for plastic bottles introduced in 2010. Produced via the Paperityö Oy self-adhesive label business integrated into Tilgmann Group.
• Carton packaging (carton boxes) Fibre-based carton packaging described by Tilgmann as a strategic growth area with a favourable future outlook. The group is actively working to bring carton packaging back as a significant part of the product range alongside labels.
• Flexible packaging Flexible plastic packaging that has historically been part of Tilgmann's selection alongside carton boxes; reintroduced into the product range in the mid-2010s as the group expanded its offerings.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 80% reduction in own-operations CO2 emissions over the last 3 years (GHG Protocol, Scope classification)
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and historical.

• Paperityö OycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Helsinki-based Paperityö Oy, founded in 1921 and one of Finland's leading printing houses for self-adhesive labels, joined the Tilgmann Group in 2016. By combining Paperityö's expertise and business, Tilgmann again became Finland's leading label manufacturer.
• Two leading Estonian label operationscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Two of Estonia's leading label operations were added to the Tilgmann Group alongside the Paperityö integration, making Tilgmann once again a leading player in the Nordic and Baltic countries.
• Turun Offsetpaino OycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Acquired by Tilgmann in the mid-2010s; produces fibre-based labels. The acquisition was Tilgmann's first expansion through corporate acquisition in a long time and coincided with expansion to Sweden and the reintroduction of flexible packaging into the product range.
• Edita Oy (formerly Valtion Painatuskeskus)historicalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998At the end of the 1990s, Edita Oy (formerly Valtion Painatuskeskus) acquired Tilgmann and another leading label operator, Lauttasaaren Paino, and merged them into the Edita Label division. The Tilgmann name and operations continued within that division until subsequent reorganisation.
• Lauttasaaren PainohistoricalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1990Another leading Finnish label operator that, together with Tilgmann, was acquired by Edita Oy at the end of the 1990s and merged into the Edita Label division.
• Amos AndersonhistoricalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1916In 1916, Amos Anderson acquired the majority of shares in Tilgmann and merged it with Öflund & Petterson, Helsingin Kirja- ja Kivipaino, Weilin & Göös kivipaino, Lilius & Hertzberg and Turun Kivipaino, creating a major company that dominated lithography. He also instituted the decentralised production model still used by the group.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Avery Dennison Corporation: Global leader in pressure-sensitive (self-adhesive) label materials with European headquarters and significant Nordic/Baltic presence. Comparable as a self-adhesive label materials supplier competing with Tilgmann's fastest-growing label segment.
• Multi-Color Corporation: Large global label converter serving consumer brands including food and beverage with gravure, offset, and flexo printing capability. Comparable as a multi-technique label converter serving food-industry customers with similar printing technology footprint.
• Huhtamäki Oyj: Finnish-founded global food packaging group with significant food-service and consumer goods packaging operations in the Nordics. Comparable as a Nordic-headquartered fibre- and paperboard-based packaging supplier serving food-industry customers, though at much larger global scale.
• CCL Industries (CCL Label): World's largest label converter with significant self-adhesive label and food-industry exposure. Comparable as a self-adhesive and specialty label manufacturer; competes with Tilgmann's Paperityö-driven self-adhesive franchise across European food brand customers.
• Ahlstrom-Munksjö (now Ahlstrom): Finnish-headquartered fibre-based specialty materials supplier including label and food packaging papers. Comparable as a Nordic fibre-based substrate specialist serving label and food packaging converters.
• Mondi plc: European paper and packaging group with significant fibre-based packaging operations including labels and flexible packaging. Comparable as a fibre-based packaging materials manufacturer operating in the same end markets (food, FMCG) with overlap on label and flexible packaging substrates.
• Metsä Board (Metsäliitto Cooperative): Leading European producer of folding boxboard and food-grade carton boards headquartered in Finland. Comparable as a Finnish fibre-based packaging materials supplier with strong sustainability positioning and food-industry customer base.
• Stora Enso Oyj: Finland-Sweden headquartered forest products and packaging company with a major Packaging Materials division producing fibre-based consumer board and label papers. Comparable as a Nordic fibre-based packaging materials incumbent.
• UPM-Kymmene Oyj: Finland-based forest and paper company with label materials, communication papers and biomaterials businesses. Comparable as a Finnish fibre-based label and packaging materials producer with deep Nordic roots, though operating at global scale.

Regional players

• Pankaboard / PowerFlute / Nordic carton converters: Finnish and Nordic fibre-based carton board producers and converters serving food and consumer packaging end markets. Comparable as regional Nordic fibre-based packaging materials players operating in the same customer verticals as Tilgmann.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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