Palettenwerk Kozik Sp Z O O

What Palettenwerk Kozik Sp Z O O does

Palettenwerk Kozik Sp. z o.o. is a Polish privately-held manufacturer of wooden pallets operating under the PalettenWerk brand and the PALKO subsidiary. Founded in the mid-1990s and headquartered in Jordanów (Małopolskie voivodeship) with a second production site in Gniewięcin (Świętokrzyskie voivodeship), the company has approximately 30 years of market presence. Its product portfolio includes EPAL-certified euro pallets, chemical pallets (CP), large-format pallets for machinery and white goods transport, wooden platforms, and more than 5,000 custom four-way and two-way entry pallet designs, governed by a 6-stage quality control system.

The business operates a B2B direct sales model targeting industrial buyers across food, construction, chemical, pharmaceutical, brewery, and metal sectors. Orders are fulfilled against individualized production plans aligned to customer order cycles, with deliveries executed via the company's own fleet (standard, mega, and set trailers) under GPS monitoring and cargo insurance, achieving 24-hour lead times in Poland and up to 3-day lead times across Europe. Revenue is generated through quote-based hardware sales with multi-year contractual arrangements and no public pricing.

PalettenWerk is privately held (Sp. z o.o. structure) with no institutional investment, public listing, or disclosed ownership structure beyond the apparent Kozik family founding stake. The company holds EPAL, IPPC, UIC 435-2, and ISO 9001:2015 certifications, maintains a public tax strategy and internal whistleblower procedure, and in September 2025 commissioned a 280kW photovoltaic installation covering approximately 20% of the Jordanów facility's electricity demand. No AI, software, or digital platform capabilities are disclosed beyond a basic client order panel.

Name

Palettenwerk Kozik Sp Z O O

Legal name

Palettenwerk Kozik Sp. z o.o.

Website

https://palettenwerk.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Palettenwerk Kozik is a Polish wooden pallet manufacturer, founded circa 1994, producing EPAL euro pallets, CP chemical pallets, and over 5,000 custom designs for B2B customers in food, chemical, pharmaceutical, construction, brewery, and metal industries across Europe via its own delivery fleet.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wooden Pallets & Industrial Packaging

NAICS

Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing (32192)

akta.pro primary industry

Wood Pallets, Crates & Industrial Wood Packaging (IMADADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Pallets (Wood, Plastic, Metal, Presswood) (IMALAFAF)

Keywords

• Wooden pallet manufacturing
• Euro pallet supply
• Chemical pallet production
• Custom pallet design
• Industrial packaging solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Jordanów

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Pallet manufacturing and sales: Manufacturing and sale of wooden pallets — standard euro pallets (EPAL), chemical pallets (CP), and over 5,000 custom pallet designs. Revenue generated through direct product sales to B2B customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Palettenwerk Kozik Sp. z o.o. (PalettenWerk) designs and manufactures wooden pallets, including standard EPAL euro pallets, CP chemical pallets, large-format pallets for machinery and AGD transport, custom wooden platforms, and over 5,000 custom pallet design patterns. Production is organized around individualized production plans aligned to each client's order cycles, with direct delivery throughout Europe.

Product overview

PalettenWerk offers a portfolio of wooden pallet products including standard EPAL euro pallets, CP chemical pallets, large-format pallets for machinery and household appliances, custom wooden platforms, and over 5,000 patterns of four-way and two-way entry pallets. The company operates two production facilities and provides delivery throughout Europe.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PALKO: Regional brand for PALKO sp. z o.o. subsidiary operating from Gniewięcin, Sędziszów in Świętokrzyskie voivodeship

Products and services

• Europalety EPAL (EPAL Euro Pallets) Standard European pallets certified by EPAL (European Pallet Association), used in international logistics and transport. For B2B industrial and commercial customers.
• Palety chemiczne CP (Chemical Pallets CP) Chemical-industry pallets designed for transporting chemical products and meeting special handling requirements for hazardous materials. For chemical industry customers.
• Palety wielkogabarytowe (Large-Format Pallets) Large-format wooden pallets designed for transporting oversized machinery and household appliances (AGD). For industrial and heavy-equipment manufacturers.
• Podesty i platformy drewniane (Wooden Platforms) Wooden platforms and elevated platforms for transporting heavy industrial equipment and machinery. For heavy industry and machinery manufacturers.
• Palety specjalnego przeznaczenia (Special-Purpose Pallets) Custom-designed pallets meeting special structural strength requirements, custom load-securing systems, and bespoke specifications per client needs. For industrial clients with non-standard logistics requirements.
• Palety czterowejściowe i dwuwejściowe (Four-Way and Two-Way Pallets) Over 5,000 design patterns of four-way and two-way entry pallets produced according to technical standards or client specifications. For general industrial and warehousing customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Deliveries completed within 24 hours in Poland and up to 3 days across Europe
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• CHEP (Brambles): Global leader in pallet pooling and supply-chain logistics operating the largest reusable pallet platform in the world. Comparably competes with PalettenWerk in pallet supply but serves blue-chip multinationals through pooling contracts rather than the regional made-to-order model.
• PECO Pallet: North American pallet pooling and rental company with expanding European footprint, offering reusable wood and composite pallet programs. Competes in pallet supply to large logistics customers but with pooling economics rather than outright sale.
• Smurfit Kappa: Global paper-based packaging giant with significant European footprint supplying corrugated, wood, and integrated packaging solutions. Adjacent incumbent serving many of the same food/beverage/industrial customers PalettenWerk targets.
• VPK Packaging Group: Belgian-headquartered European packaging group producing paper-based packaging, solid board, and wooden packaging including pallets. Broader portfolio than PalettenWerk but overlaps in industrial wooden packaging supply to European customers.

Direct peers

• Faber Paletten-Service GmbH: German wooden pallet manufacturer and service provider offering standard EPAL, custom pallets, and pallet repair/recycling. Closely comparable regional European pallet manufacturer serving industrial B2B customers.
• Falkenhahn AG: German manufacturer of custom and standard wooden pallets, crates, and box pallets with EPAL certification. Direct competitor in the DACH/CEE B2B pallet market with comparable specialty pallet engineering and direct B2B delivery model.
• Cox Pallets: UK-based pallet manufacturer and recycler with multiple production sites, offering standard and bespoke wooden pallets to industrial customers. Direct comparable in scale and business model to PalettenWerk's multi-site European operations.
• INKA Paletten GmbH: German producer of compressed wood (Presswood) pallets and traditional wooden pallets. Comparable manufacturer with similar EPAL/quality certifications, competing for European industrial and logistics customers in specialty pallet segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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