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Estrella Maarud

Industry Salted snacks manufacturer

Company description
  • Estrella Maarud manufactures and markets salted snacks in the Nordic and Baltic countries under the brands of Estrella, Maarud and Taffel.
  • The company has a strong position in its markets with a wide range of various salted snacks products. Estrella and Maarud are the iconic salted snacks brands in its home markets Sweden and Norway.
  • Headquarters for both the group and Maarud AS is in Oslo, while Estrella AB is led from Stockholm. Nordic manufacturing plants are in Disenå in Norway and Angered in Sweden. Headquarters and manufacturing facilities for the Baltic business is in Kaunas, Lithuania.
  • The company has about 400 employees.

Revenue NOK 928 million (2009)

Entry October 2008

Majority owner Herkules Private Equity Fund II

Team Gert W. Munthe, Sverre Flåskjer, Jostein Bjørge, Torkild Solli Haukaas

Board of Directors Bent Jørgen Fuglesang, Lars Knut Holmstrøm, Bjørn Pedersen, Sverre Flåskjer, Jostein Bjørge

Homepage www.maarud.no, www.estrella.se

 

     
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