Polttimo is a widely acknowledged, dynamic group of companies serving the international food and beverage industry. Through its daughter companies, Polttimo is a first-choice supplier of raw materials and innovative raw material solutions and active product developer in this field.
Continuous renewal of our products and customer offering inspires our customers to create a wide range of innovative consumer products.
An inspiring working atmosphere makes Polttimo a popular employer and helps us recruit qualified personnel.
A successful business inspires our owners to make new investments in the company.
The Group’s R&D knowledge and facilities are top of class in the field. Our modern R&D center in Lahti
offers a thriving innovation environment for the business units.
Polttimo is a partner and shareholder of PBL Brewing Laboratory, a company established in 1958 to facilitate precompetitive research in the barley-to-beer chain. We also maintain an active R&D network with universities and research organisations.
The Päijät-Häme region, where Lahti is situated, is a major grain growing region in Finland and hosts the country’s most diverse grain cluster. Within the Päijät-Häme Grain Cluster Polttimo, Hartwall, Fazer, local farmers and a number of SMEs in the grain sector promote grain growing and foster new innovations in the grain field.
– Ferdinand and Anders Enok Frigren, strategy in 1921 –
Transparency and integrity are the cornerstones of operations in our organization. It means we do not tolerate any practice that is not born of integrity, honesty and fairness. We base our business and operations on open relations. We clearly communicate to our stakeholders that we only accept normal hospitality to or from our business partners and strictly reject corruption and other unfair practices.
We have committed to providing equal opportunities to all the people we work with, regardless of their race, religion, age, gender or other personal factors. We treat our customers and other stakeholders in a fair manner, and we understand that our clients, employees and other stakeholders are vital to our business growth.
Corporate responsibility at Polttimo Group means we are committed to comply with social, environmental and financial responsibility in all our business. We respect and treat people as expressed in the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the Rights of the Child and the Declaration of the United Nations International Labour Organization. Therefore, we express strong disapproval of forced and child labour. We guarantee that our employees’ working environment is safe by applying high standards of occupational health and safety.
Our operations have to be profitable and result in benefits for the company, its employees and the owners. We need to secure growth and profitability also in the future. Through our success we can constantly develop our business. We expect all our employees to share the Group´s commitment to these principles.