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SCA Hygiene Products AFH Sales GmbH operates as Essity Professional Hygiene Germany GmbH, the German sales entity that runs the Tork professional hygiene brand, headquartered at Sandhofer Strasse 176, 68305 Mannheim. Its functional role is the German commercialization of Tork products and services into B2B customers, executed exclusively through a partner distributor network rather than direct sales.

The core offering is a closed-loop professional hygiene platform: proprietary dispensers across multiple system families (M1, M2, M3, M4, W1, W2, W3, W7, W8) plus a full range of refill consumables including paper hand towels, toilet paper, soap and disinfectants, napkins and table products, industrial wiping cloths, and air fresheners. Differentiating technology includes QuickDry high-absorbency paper, SmartCore core-removal packaging, Tork Easy Handling packaging, and exelCLEAN solvent-reducing cleaning cloths. Service adjacencies include Tork Vision Cleaning (sensor-based dispenser-usage monitoring), Tork Clean Care (training), Tork PaperCircle (paper recycling), and AD-a-Glance (digital messaging on dispensers). End customers span manufacturing, gastronomy, offices, healthcare, education, and passenger terminals.

The business model is B2B consumables revenue, anchored on the recurring sale of proprietary refills into an installed base of dispensers, mediated by distributors. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; end customers are directed to local distributors via a distributor-finder tool. The entity sits inside publicly-traded parent Essity Hygiene and Health AB (Nasdaq Stockholm), which reported approximately €13 billion of 2024 revenue and ~36,000 employees worldwide, and positions Tork as one of its flagship professional hygiene brands across 110+ countries.

Name

sca hygiene products afh sales gmbh.

Legal name

Essity Professional Hygiene Germany GmbH

Website

https://tork.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Short description

SCA Hygiene Products AFH Sales GmbH operates as Essity Professional Hygiene Germany GmbH, running the Tork brand in Germany. It sells professional paper, soap, napkin, and cleaning consumables together with proprietary dispensers to B2B customers through a distributor network serving manufacturing, gastronomy, healthcare, offices, education, and passenger terminals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Hygiene Products

NAICS

Sanitary Paper Product Manufacturing (322291), Soap and Cleaning Compound Manufacturing (32561), Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (3256), Polish and Other Sanitation Good Manufacturing (325612)

SIC

Papers & Allied Products (2600), Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics (2840), Specialty Cleaning, Polishing And Sanitation Preparations (2842)

akta.pro primary industry

Hygiene Packaging & Dispensing Systems (Dispenser Systems, Packs) (IMAMAGAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Professional Laundry & Hygiene Paper Systems (Rolls, Refills, Managed Programs) (IMAMAGAL), Paper Towels & Kitchen Rolls (CRADALAC), Paper Towels & Napkins (Disposable Wipes) (CRAJAGAH), Home Care Tools & Consumables (Sponges, Wipes, Brushes, Gloves, Mop Refills) (CRADAKAM)

Keywords

• Professional hygiene products
• Paper hand towels
• Washroom dispensers
• Industrial wiping cloths
• Commercial cleaning supplies

Headquarters

HQ city

Mannheim

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Hygiene Products: Sale of professional hygiene products including paper towels, toilet paper, soap dispensers, cleaning wipes, and associated dispensers to B2B customers through distribution partners

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SCA Hygiene Products AFH Sales GmbH (Tork Germany) manufactures and distributes the Tork brand portfolio of professional hygiene products for B2B customers. The offering covers paper hand towels, toilet paper, soaps and disinfectants, napkins and table products, washroom accessories, wiping and cleaning cloths, air fresheners, and a matching family of proprietary dispensers. Value is delivered through integrated product-and-dispenser systems, proprietary paper and cloth technologies, and supporting services such as data-driven cleaning optimization, hygiene training, and paper recycling.

Product overview

Tork is a comprehensive professional hygiene product portfolio organized as a unified brand platform with multiple product lines and modules. The core offering consists of paper hand towels (including Endlos-Handtücher continuous feed, Rollenhandtücher roll towels, Multifold-Handtücher, and Zickzack-Handtücher zigzag formats), toilet paper (conventional, jumbo, coreless, and center-pull varieties), soap and disinfectants (hand soap, hand disinfectant, shower cream, hand lotion), napkins and table products, washroom accessories, wiping and cleaning products (industrial wiping cloths, paper wiping towels, cleaning cloths, microfiber cloths, wet wipes), and air fresheners. The dispenser ecosystem supports all product lines including M1 (mini center-feed), M2/M3/M4 (center-feed), W1/W2/W3 (wall/floor mounted), W7 (handy box), and W8 (small pack) systems. Supporting services include Tork Vision Cleaning (data-driven cleaning optimization), Tork Clean Care (training program), Tork PaperCircle (paper recycling service), and AD-a-Glance (advertising display). Sub-brands include Peakserve (high-capacity continuous towel system) and Xpressnap (napkin dispensing system). The product line serves industries including manufacturing, food service, offices, healthcare, passenger terminals, and educational institutions across 110 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tork: World's leading brand for professional hygiene, offering paper towels, toilet paper, soap and disinfectants, napkins, facial tissues, cleaning cloths, and dispensers for commercial and industrial facilities.

Products and services

• Tork Paper Hand Towels
• Tork Toilet Paper
• Tork Soap and Disinfectants
• Tork Napkins and Table Products
• Tork Washroom Accessories
• Tork Wiping and Cleaning Products
• Tork Air Fresheners
• Tork Dispensers
• Tork Vision Cleaning
• Tork Clean Care
• Tork PaperCircle
• AD-a-Glance

Quantifiable outcome

• 6.0+ million dispensers placed each year
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Georgia-Pacific Professional: Georgia-Pacific Professional (enMotion, Pacific Blue, Brawny) is a major US-headquartered competitor offering paper towel, soap, and dispensing systems for offices, foodservice, and industrial B2B customers.
• WEPA Professional Hygiene (Satino): WEPA's Satino brand is a German-headquartered direct competitor offering private-label and branded professional hygiene paper products, dispensers, and sustainable solutions — overlapping strongly with Tork's product range and German-speaking market focus.
• Kimberly-Clark Professional: Kimberly-Clark Professional (Kimtech, Scott, WypAll, Kleenex) is the closest direct competitor to Tork, offering a similar dispenser-plus-refill program across washroom, wiping, and cleaning categories for B2B customers in manufacturing, healthcare, and foodservice.
• Metsä Tissue (Katrin): Metsä Tissue's Katrin brand competes head-to-head with Tork in professional washroom hygiene, dispensing systems, and sustainable tissue products across European B2B channels.
• Cascades Professional: Cascades Professional (Tuff, Cascades PRO) provides washroom and wiping products with dispensers, directly competing with Tork in North American and European B2B hygiene markets.

Regional players

• Paul Hartmann AG: Hartmann is a German-based hygiene and medical products company whose professional disinfection, wound care, and hand hygiene lines overlap with Tork's healthcare customer segment, particularly across European markets.
• Kruger Products (Away From Home): Kruger Products' Away-From-Home division offers professional tissue, towels, and dispensers across Canadian and select international markets, comparable to Tork's professional hygiene positioning though concentrated in a different geography.

Broad incumbents

• Sofidel: Sofidel is a large European tissue manufacturer whose professional hygiene products compete with Tork in AFH channels, though Sofidel also serves consumer markets with a broader product portfolio.
• Essity TENA / Consumer Tissue: Essity's broader portfolio (TENA incontinence, consumer tissue, Libero/Libresse) represents the parent company's adjacent hygiene categories; relevant as a comparable benchmark for the Tork Professional Hygiene business unit's economics and growth trajectory.

Emerging players

• Hospeco: Hospeco provides washroom and cleaning products for commercial and industrial customers in North America, competing with Tork in wipers, dispensers, and janitorial supplies across overlapping verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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