Company type | Julkinen osakeyhtiö (public company) |
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Industry | Consumer products |
Founded | 1956[1] |
Founder | Aulis Kallonen[1] |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Alexander Rosenlew, CEO,[2] Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae, chairman of the board[3] |
Products | plastic household items |
Revenue | 75.9 million € (2020)[4] |
Number of employees | 300 (2020)[4] |
Subsidiaries | Oy Orthex Finland Ab, Orthex Sweden AB, Orthex Kitchen AB, Orthex Norway AS, Orthex Denmark A/S, Orthex Germany GmbH [5] |
Website | www |
Orthex Oyj is a Finnish company that manufactures and markets plastic household products such as storage boxes , kitchenware and utensils.[6] Orthex has manufactured some of the very common items in Finnish homes. In the example over 8 of 10 households owned the Orthex freezer box Jäänalle and the 10-liter bucket according to a survey conducted by Ilta-Sanomat in 2019.[1] Orthex's classic sled was described as the most common kids sled over the years by Helsingin Sanomat in 2005.[7]
In 2019, bio- and recycled plastics accounted for 14% of the raw material used by Orthex.[8] In 2018 Orthex and Stora Enso released a biocomposite for food safe products made from wood fibers and saccharum officinarum.
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