What TENAX does

TENAX (Tenax BV) is a Dutch family-owned packaging printing company founded in 1974 in Ommen, Netherlands, specializing in high-precision printing on plastic, aluminum, and glass packaging substrates. The company's core offering combines screen printing, foil printing, digital printing, and metallizing/coating, with round screen printing — introduced in 1975 by founder Nick Delissen — as its foundational capability. Founder Nick Delissen states TENAX is the largest round screen printer in Europe, and the company develops custom equipment in-house to combine techniques and print on complex surfaces (conical, cylindrical, otherwise unprintable) that competitors decline. TENAX complements its printing with in-house artwork preparation, tooling, fulfillment, warehousing (over 10,000 m²), and worldwide transport, operating from a purpose-built climate-neutral facility equipped with more than 13,000 m² of solar panels and a GPR rating above 8.5.

TENAX generates revenue through project-based B2B printing contracts with enterprise brand owners and packaging companies. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; sales are direct to brand owners (with Managing Director Mike Delissen and operational lead Rik-Jan de Groot personally involved in key accounts) and partner-led through packaging intermediaries such as Novio Packaging, with which TENAX has maintained a roughly 20-year relationship. The primary customer segment is cosmetics and beauty (Rituals, L'Oréal, Lancôme), with secondary exposure to food and pharmaceutical packaging. Customer acquisition relies on reputation, case studies, employee storytelling under the "Beautymakers" brand, and a multilingual website (NL/EN/FR/DE) rather than performance marketing.

Ownership is concentrated in the Delissen family and key management: founder Nick Delissen, his son Mike Delissen as Managing Director and joint owner, and Rik-Jan de Groot as operational manager and part-owner after joining circa 2018, with Wadinko as a financial partner. The company has grown from a one-room attic operation to become the largest employer in Ommen with 150+ professionals, with investor expectations that headcount will roughly double over the next five years.

Name

TENAX

Legal name

Tenax BV

Website

https://tenax.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

TENAX is a Dutch family-owned packaging printer founded in 1974, providing screen, foil, digital, and metallizing printing on plastic, aluminum, and glass for cosmetics, food, and pharmaceutical brands. Key clients include Rituals, L'Oréal, Lancôme, and Grolsch, served from a climate-neutral Ommen facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Packaging Printing

NAICS

Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers (332812)

SIC

Coating, Engraving & Allied Services (3470)

akta.pro primary industry

Metal Packaging Decoration & Printing (Lithography, Digital, Sleeving on Metal) (IMALADAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Primary Packaging (Bottles, Jars, Tubes, Jugs) (IMALAJAA)

Keywords

• Packaging printing services
• Screen printing
• Foil printing
• Digital printing
• Metallizing and coating

Headquarters

HQ city

Ommen

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Packaging Printing Services: TENAX provides end-to-end packaging printing services for brands, including artwork, tooling, printing, fulfillment, warehousing, and transport. Revenue is generated through project-based printing orders for cosmetics, food, and pharmaceutical packaging.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

TENAX is a packaging printing company that decorates plastic, aluminum, and glass packaging substrates for cosmetics, food, and pharmaceutical brands using screen printing, foil printing, digital printing, and metallizing/coating techniques. They provide end-to-end services spanning artwork design, tooling, printing, quality inspection, fulfillment, warehousing (over 10,000 m2), and worldwide transport, with strengths in printing on complex surfaces such as conical and cylindrical shapes. The company is headquartered in Ommen, Netherlands, and operates an energy-neutral facility with over 13,000 m2 of solar panels.

Product overview

TENAX is a family-owned packaging printing company offering a comprehensive suite of printing and finishing services. The core offering includes screen printing, foil printing, digital printing, and metallizing/coating services applied to plastic, aluminum, and glass packaging materials for cosmetics, food, and pharmaceutical industries. The company operates with an in-house approach, providing artwork services, tooling, fulfillment, warehousing (over 10,000 m2), and worldwide transport as integrated support services. Founded in the 1970s and based in Ommen, Netherlands, TENAX positions itself as a 'beautymaker' that transforms packaging into premium products through precision printing techniques.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Screen Printing Precision screen printing services applied to plastic, aluminum, and glass packaging substrates, including round screen printing pioneered by TENAX since 1975. Used by brands for decorative packaging in cosmetics, food, and pharmaceutical applications.
• Foil Printing Foil printing services that create luxurious metallic finishes on packaging substrates. Used for premium branding effects on cosmetics, food, and pharmaceutical packaging.
• Digital Printing Digital printing capabilities for packaging applications, including printing on curved surfaces. Used by brands requiring flexible, high-quality digital decoration on plastic, aluminum, and glass substrates.
• Metallizing and Coating Metallizing and coating line for enhanced packaging aesthetics and functionality, providing metallic and protective finishes on packaging substrates. Used for premium packaging finishing in cosmetics, food, and pharmaceutical applications.
• Warehousing Services Safe storage services for large quantities of printed and unprinted packaging materials across more than 10,000 m2 of warehousing space. Used by brands needing secure, scalable inventory management close to production.

Quantifiable outcome

• Every piece of printed packaging is millimetre-perfect due to continuous visual and high-tech camera inspection
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Novio PackagingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNovio Packaging is a packaging company whose products are seen in higher-end retail everywhere. They have the most long-standing business relationship with TENAX (approximately 20 years). Together they developed new brands and packaging through joint investment — starting small and scaling up. Novio describes TENAX as going 'for more than the maximum' and credits their collaborative innovation in people, machines, and techniques as what sets them apart.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• AptarGroup: AptarGroup is a global leader in dispensing systems and packaging components for beauty, personal care, food, and healthcare. Comparable to TENAX as a packaging incumbent in the same cosmetics and personal care verticals, including prints on metal and plastic packaging.
• Crown Holdings: Crown Holdings is a global metal packaging manufacturer for beverage, food, and aerosol end markets. Comparable to TENAX because TENAX prints on aluminum substrates for packaging customers, and Crown occupies the broader metal packaging value chain.
• CCL Industries: CCL Industries is one of the world's largest label and specialty packaging manufacturers, serving healthcare, consumer, and premium beauty markets. Comparable to TENAX as a broad incumbent in specialty packaging decoration, though at much larger scale and across multiple print technologies.
• Trivium Packaging: Trivium Packaging is a major global metal packaging producer focused on consumer goods including food, beverage, and personal care. Comparable to TENAX as a broader metal packaging incumbent in overlapping end markets, though Trivium produces the substrate while TENAX decorates it.

Direct peers

• Albea Group: Albea is a global packaging manufacturer serving the beauty, personal care, and cosmetics markets with bottles, tubes, and decorated primary packaging. Comparable to TENAX as a direct beauty packaging player, with TENAX serving as a decoration partner into similar customer accounts (L'Oréal, Lancôme).
• SPGPrints: SPGPrints (formerly Stork Prints) supplies industrial rotary screen printing, digital printing, and engraving systems used in packaging, textiles, and graphics. Comparable to TENAX as it provides the underlying screen/digital printing technology used in specialty packaging decoration.
• LEONHARD KURZ: LEONHARD KURZ is a global leader in hot stamping foils, decorative coatings, and digital metalization for packaging, printed electronics, and plastics. Highly comparable to TENAX as both serve cosmetics, spirits, and luxury packaging with multi-technique decorative finishing on plastic, glass, and metal substrates.
• API Group (AmpacETK,-API Foils): API Group supplies decorative foils, laminates, holograms, and coating technologies used in premium packaging and labels. Comparable to TENAX as a direct supplier of decorative finishing inputs and services into the cosmetics, beverage, and luxury packaging value chain.

Emerging players

• Verescence: Verescence is a European luxury glass packaging producer for perfumery, cosmetics, and spirits, with in-house decoration and finishing capabilities. Comparable to TENAX as a European niche player in premium cosmetics packaging with overlapping decorative finishing techniques.
• Pochet du Courval: Pochet du Courval is a French luxury packaging manufacturer specializing in glass bottles, jars, and decoration for premium perfumery and cosmetics. Comparable to TENAX as a luxury packaging specialist serving the same cosmetics customers with strong capability in surface decoration and finishing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tenax-bv

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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