Helsinki, Finland
www.teknos.com
PRIVATE COMPANY; YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1948
REVENUE: $355 million
MARKETS SERVED:
Architectural coatings; Industrial coatings; Powder coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES:
Paula Salastie, CEO; Marcel Dissel, CCO; Tuukka Ryynänen, CTO; James Turner, chief marketing and communication officer; Petri Kansi, CFO.
Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Teknos Group Oy is the leading producer of industrial coatings in Scandinavia, as well as having a strong position in retail and architectural coatings.
A family-owned business, Teknos has sites throughout Scandinavia, Germany, the UK, Poland, and Slovenia, as well as agents and representatives in approximately 20 other European countries. The company has approximately 1,800 employees and 16 facilities globally; its most recent addition was its new Commercial and Competence Centre in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam.
In March 2024, Teknos again received the EcoVadis gold medal for its sustainability performance, placing Teknos within the top 5% of more than 130,000 companies rated by EcoVadis across the globe.
“It is clear that the coatings industry is in transformative phase, where safety and sustainability are being prioritized,” said Paula Salastie, CEO and owner of Teknos Group, in announcing the award. “At Teknos, we are working closely with our suppliers and customers to collectively innovate and develop the next generation of high-performance paints that have less impact on the environment, prolong the lifecycle of our customers’ products, and are safer to handle and apply.
“For us, being sustainable goes well beyond products and operations,” Salastie added. “Being a family-owned company, people are everything to us, with safety being our number one priority. We strive to create a great place to work where people can become the best versions of themselves. We believe in forging long-term relationships with all our stakeholders, from customers to the communities we operate in, to support them in achieving their sustainability ambitions.”
