Possehl Group
Kölle Etiketten
140 years on the market - the specialist for tea tags and tea envelopes
Founded in 1884 in Esslingen am Neckar near Stuttgart, Kölle Etiketten still produces a wide variety of labels today. At the end of the 1960s, Kölle Etiketten began producing flexible packaging, including tea tags and tea envelopes. As a specialist in this segment, the company is now very well known both nationally and internationally.
Now in its 4th generation, Philipp Kölle has continued to orientate the company for the future. Kölle Etiketten should continue to grow on the market in the spirit of the Kölle family. The POSSEHL Group, based in Lübeck, is found to be a suitable new owner and strong parent company. Since January 2023, Kölle Etiketten has been part of PID (POSSEHL Identification Solutions), the identification solutions division of the POSSEHL Group. PID includes companies involved in labelling technology (hardware), label software and label production (consumables). The label manufacturing companies within PID are organised under the umbrella of the Nordvalls Label Group.
Kölle Etiketten employs around 35 people at the Esslingen am Neckar site in Germany. The annual turnover in 2023 was around 10 million euros.
NORDVALLS
Nordvalls is Scandinavia's leading label supplier with over 100 years of experience in label printing. Nordvalls prints and produces self-adhesive labels and a wide range of labelling solutions. The product portfolio includes all types of self-adhesive labels - from simple information labels to highly refined decorative labels - as well as tickets & tags, multi-sheet labels, security labels with variable codes, in-mould labels and other packaging materials. The main customer sectors are pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, logistics and transport, chemical technology and cosmetics, wood, paper and paper pulp as well as industry.
Nordvalls employs around 170 people at its production sites in Sjöbo, Bjuv, Nässjö and Mölnlycke, Sweden. Annual turnover in 2022 (incl. The Watermill Press, UK) was approx. 66 million euros.
Part of the Nordvalls Label Group are the labelling experts Kölle Etiketten from Germany, Watermill from the UK and Lexit Labels from Norway.
PID POSSEHL Identification Solutions
Competent. Proven. Stable.
Tradition that obliges.
POSSEHL Identification Solutions - PID for short - is part of the internationally active POSSEHL Group from Lübeck.
POSSEHL Identification Solutions bundles the activities of the POSSEHL Group in the area of print & apply and labelling systems and invests in small and medium-sized companies in this sector. PID was founded in 2017 and sees itself as a long-term investor without a short-term sales strategy or leveraged buyouts.
Where SMEs have a future.
Our conviction
‘Our motivation is quickly explained: we are deeply convinced that SMEs will continue to be the backbone of the economy in the future. That is why we focus all our activities on SMEs. In doing so, we see ourselves as a long-term orientated partner who successfully manages all the companies in our group with the right combination of freedom and leadership. And we do this entirely in the entrepreneurial spirit of the founders and owners. Continue the success story of your company with us as a responsible investor.’
Hardware, software and labels
for the entire supply chain. The members of POSSEHL Identification Solutions - with their unique portfolio of solutions - cover the entire supply chain. No matter whether product, carton or pallet labelling is required.
PID3SIXTY - Software for product identification
State-of-the-art, user-orientated, future-proof: PID 3SIXTY is a brand new software platform that provides control over the entire product identification process.
POSSEHL Identification Solutions comprises 30 companies in the field of labelling solutions. With around 1,000 employees, the group has an annual turnover of 240 million euros and operates with independent companies and partners in over 70 countries worldwide. (Data from 2023)
The Possehl Group at a glance
The globally active POSSEHL Group is a diversified group with currently ten economically independent, decentrally organised divisions - one of which is POSSEHL Identification Solutions (PID) and its companies.
The name Possehl has stood for medium-sized entrepreneurship for over 175 years. The company was founded in 1847 by Ludwig Possehl as a hardware store in Lübeck. The non-profit POSSEHL Foundation has been the sole shareholder since 1919. This corporate structure enables the POSSEHL Group to remain independent and forms the basis for long-term business decisions.
Today, the POSSEHL Group comprises more than 200 companies in over 30 countries. These are divided into 10 business divisions: Tyre Technology, Cleaning Technology, Printing Machines, Intralogistics, Precious Metals Processing, Electronics, Construction Services, Identification Solutions (PID), SME Investments and Digital. POSSEHL currently has around 13,200 employees worldwide and most recently a Group turnover of just under 5.5 billion euros (figures from 2022).