- CEO
- Sune Dedenroth Schnack
- Full Time Employees
- 2,074
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Industrial specialties
- Address
- Islevdalvej 151 Rodovre CR Denmark 2610
- IPO Date
- Jan 1, 1983
- Business
- Flügger group A/S designs, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive range of decorative paints and coatings, wood protection products, spackling pastes, fillers, wallpaper adhesives, wall coverings, painting tools including brushes, rollers, bristles, and plastic handles, glues, sanding materials, and cleaning products; its core Flügger brand targets professional painters and consumers with water-based interior and exterior paints, primers, wood stains, and coordinated accessories, while Unicell Nordic supplies private label and branded items such as Yunik paints, Stiwex tools, and Fiona wallpapers to retailers, department stores, and DIY chains under PP professional paint and other wholesale channels. Founded in 1783 and headquartered in Rødovre, Denmark, the company operates 229 company-owned Flügger Farver stores and franchises across the Nordic countries, Poland, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, and China, with seven production factories in Denmark, Sweden, Poland, and Ukraine producing approximately 30 million liters of paint annually in Kolding alone; it employs around 1,700 people and generates annual revenue of about DKK 2,272 million as a Nasdaq Copenhagen-listed entity (FLUG-B.CO) primarily owned by the Schnack family. Recent strategic developments under the Flügger Organic plan (2024-2027) emphasize profitable growth for professional painters through international store expansions, partnerships in emerging markets like Poland where Q1 2025/26 revenue grew 12% in local currency, a shift to higher-margin own-brands from private labels, cost discipline post-store consolidation, and deleveraged balance sheet enabling moderate CAPEX and double-digit EBIT growth forecasts to 2027/28; key prior acquisitions include 60% of Unicell Poland in 2019 for DIY expansion, Detale CPH in 2019 for colored spackling pastes now sold across Nordics, Eskaro Ukraine for eco-friendly paints, and post-IPO additions like Fiona wallpapers, Dragon sandpaper, and Swedish Stiwex and Fobo brush factories, alongside a new Bollebygd filler factory in 2021 and ongoing international diversification.