About us

Estiko Packaging Solutions is the corner stone of Estiko Group. Our roots reach into year 1918 when Albert Laretei founded his comb factory in Tartu. The past 100 years have been filled with product and technology innovations and organizational advancement, leading us to an innovational packaging producers today.

The experience gained over the years, the constant acquisition of information about the latest developments in the global packaging market and the continuing investments in human resources, technology and product research and development make us a professional, flexible and reliable partner both in the domestic and international markets.

Our milestones

HOVER OVER YEARS & DISCOVER INTERESTING FACTS

1918

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1918

A. Laretei founds a comb factory in Tartu
The company is named Tartu Kammivabrik (Tartu Comb Factory)

1930

The factory is renamed to Eesti Comb Factory, or Estico in short
Company employs 141 people, exporting combs mainly to England

1940

Company is nationalised, and production is expanded to Teguri Street
Number of employees increases to 400

1950

The factory’s production diversifies, and over 336,000 combs are manufactured annually from nitrocellulose

1961

New innovative materials, such as polystyrene, polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) are implemented

1969

Start of film production – the first extruder, printing machine, and welding machine are purchased
Company employs 730 people

1975

Share of plastic film and film products increases, leading to new warehouse and production facilities
Recycling and processing of production waste begins
Number of employees grows to 978

1981

Start of injection moulding production

1993

Creation of Estiko Group, which complements the production facility with the addition of real estate and retail businesses

2001

Large-scale investments in new machinery: 3-layer extruder, 8-colour printing machine, laminator, and a slitting machine

2004

Strategic focus on food industry packaging and export
ISO 9001:2004 certificate

2010

International food safety certificate BRCGS

2012

Expanding the sales team through a Swedish office, with significant export growth to Scandinavia
Continuous investments in new technologies

2017

Further expansion of product portfolio, technologies, and production facilities
Introduction of laser perforation, cold glue and 10-colour printing machine

2020

International ISCC certificate
Development and implementation of sustainable packaging solutions, strategic focus on sustainability
Family-Friendly Employer – gold level

2022

Introduction of stand-up pouch solutions
Corporate Social Responsibility Index – Bronze level

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3.2+M KGS SMALLER
FOOTPRINT

TOTAL FACTORY
area 8600 M²

24/7 ORDER PLACEMENT &
STATUS OVERVIEW

turnover 42.2M euros
(2023)

350+ WELL-SERVED
CLIENTS

18.1% reduction in
GHG emissions

106 years of
know-how & experience

30+ MARKETS

200+ employees

Certificates

Quality management together with environmental protection, social responsibility and hygiene requirements is based on international standards, legislation and the strict requirements of our customers. Both food and non-food products are subject to strict quality requirements. Our compliance with these rules are regularly audited by certification companies, our customers and partners.

In order to become a supplier of packaging materials and maintain a relationship of trust, we must guarantee our customers a consistently high quality of our products and services.

Products

Our milestones

Certificates