22.05.2013 Tikkurila publishes safety website
Tikkurila's Finnish-language website has been enhanced with a safety website, discussing safety matters related to paint products and surface treatment particularly from a professional perspective.
18.04.2013 The ColorVoyant® Watch 2.0 – Tikkurila continues trend-blog collaboration
Tikkurila continues the blog collaboration it started last year with the US trend guru Doty Horn.
16.04.2013 Tikkurila is supporting the work to improve the state of the Baltic Sea
Tikkurila has made a commitment to action to the Baltic Sea Action Group and its work to improve the state of the Baltic Sea.
27.03.2013 Tikkurila and Karelia-Upofloor open Inspiration Gallery in Russia
The aim of the showroom is to facilitate the building and renovation projects of private and corporate customers by offering a centralized location where customers can look into different surface materials for walls, ceilings, roofs and floors, while also utilizing design services.
19.03.2013 Tikkurila’s Russian sites were granted the ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certificates
We track our sustainability progress across the Tikkurila Group on a regular basis.
08.03.2013 Tikkurila 2012 Social Project of the Year: SOS Children’s Village in Lithuania
Tikkurila's Sustainable Beauty program aims to inspire people and communities to improve their living environment as well as to create beautiful, user-friendly and even unique environments.
The City of Helsinki Building Control Department and Tikkurila Oyj have co-operated to compile in electronic form the facade colours used in Helsinki in different periods.
08.01.2013 Nordic Ecolabel to Tikkurila Ultra house paints
The renewed and expanded Ultra exterior paint family has been granted the right to use the Nordic Ecolabel, known as "the Swan".
02.01.2013 Tikkurila was awarded in Poland
At the end of 2012, Tikkurila's subsidiary, Tikkurila Polska S.A., was granted two awards in Poland.
05.12.2012 Supplier of the Year Award to Tikkurila in Norway
For the third year in a row, Tikkurila Norge AS has been given the Supplier of the Year Award by the Byggmakker chain.
05.12.2012 Tikkurila awarded the best investor relations company
Tikkurila was awarded as the best IR company in the mid cap companies' category in an award ceremony organized by NASDAQ OMX Helsinki and Regi Research & Strategi AB.
20.11.2012 Colourful seabed in Tallinn’s renovated Seaplane Harbour
In May 2012, the Estonian Maritime Museum opened a new branch in the hangars of the Seaplane Harbour in Tallinn. One of the attractions is the concrete floor that has been turned into a colourful seabed using Tikkurila’s design floor methods.
12.11.2012 Sustainable beauty – for all of us
As part of Tikkurila's Sustainable Beauty program, a mega art painting wall was implemented according to the design of artist Terike Haapoja in the health centre in Myllypuro, Helsinki.
30.10.2012 Alcro in cooperation with Tiger of Sweden
Tikkurila's Swedish subsidiary, Tikkurila Sverige AB, has started a cooperation with the Swedish fashion company Tiger of Sweden, and they have jointly launched a new black T/J Black shade to Alcro's interior paints.
10.10.2012 Tikkurila's new campaign in Finland is bubbling with power of colours
Tikkurila starts the autumn with a dashing media campaign in Finland. Along with the campaign Tikkurila will launch its slogan "The Power of Colours".
21.09.2012 Children and birds in the Yellow City
The “Yellow City – Illustrated stories from Helsinki” project is part of the official Helsinki Design World Capital program. In the Yellow City, 17 writer-illustrator pairs tell illustrated stories about Helsinki. A wall-painting workshop for children organized by Napa Illustrations Agency took place on July 29, 2012 at the Skidit Festarit event in the Kallio district of Helsinki.
06.09.2012 Tikkurila was voted as the third best ecological paint brand in China
In May 2012, one of the best-known Chinese professional coatings media, China Coatings News, launched a campaign to vote for the best ecological paint brands sold in China.
19.07.2012 Tikkurila paints color the Serbian shopping center Kragujevac Plaza
Tikkurila's Serbian subsidiary, Tikkurila Zorka, has participated in a major project in Serbia. All interior surfaces in the shopping and entertainment center in Kragujevac were painted with Tikkurila paints.
13.07.2012 Tikkurila in cooperation with the SOS Children Village in the Housing Fair at Vuores in Tampere
The 2012 Housing Fair will be held at Vuores in Tampere between July 13–August 12, 2012. One of the Housing Fair exhibits will be a neighborhood home of the SOS Children's Village, the interior surfaces of which are painted with Tikkurila paint.
04.07.2012 Crusell Bridge a new landmark in Helsinki
The construction of the Crusell Bridge, spanning the Ruoholahti channel, was completed in Helsinki last year. The bridge pylons rise 49 metres above sea level, and the bridge has 5.25 metres of sailing height to ensure unimpeded boat traffic.
29.06.2012 Tikkurila gives a new look to the National Museum in Warsaw
Tikkurila's Polish subsidiary, Tikkurila Polska, is the official partner of the redecoration of the standing galleries in the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland.
20.06.2012 Sustainable Beauty in Beijing, China
To bring comfort and joy to children living in the Sun Village in Beijing, Tikkurila in China participated in a redecoration project of the childre's village.
11.06.2012 Tikkurila Zorka participated in a school renovation project in Belgrade
In May 2012, Tikkurila Zorka participated in a renovation and cleaning project of the primary school "Ratko Mitrovic" in Belgrade, Serbia. The school façade and several classrooms were painted with Zorka Color paints.
07.06.2012 Vision shop-in-shop store concept received an honorary mention in Finland
Tikkurila's Vision shop-in-shop store concept has received an honorary mention of its design in the Fennia Prize – Good design grows global competition in Finland.
28.05.2012 Inspiring art in Minsk
Tikkurila in Belarus launched a "Color Inspiration" competition in cooperation with the Belarusian "Belyy Kvadrat" marketing and advertising festival. Young designers were invited to draw sketches to provide color inspiration to children with Tikkurila paints.
14.05.2012 Teks brand renewal
The leading Russian paint brand Teks is one of Tikkurila's strategic brands providing products with an optimal ratio of price-quality. To maintain and strengthen the position of the brand, Tikkurila will launch a renewed Teks brand in Russia, the CIS countries and the Baltics in May 2012.
09.05.2012 Alcro to cooperate with Skanska in construction of the New Karolinska Solna hospital
Alcro will provide Skanska with consulting services for the painting work on the New Karolinska Solna University Hospital outside Stockholm, Sweden.
18.04.2012 Vivacolor brand in renewal
To further strengthen the position of the Vivacolor brand and ensure the long-term competiveness in a constantly changing paint business, the Vivacolor brand will undergo many changes during 2012.
12.04.2012 Tikkurila won the "HR Brand of the Year" award in Russia
OOO Tikkurila has been awarded in March 2012 in Moscow. The first prize “HR Brand of the Year 2011” was given in the category "The Northern Capital" (project realized in St. Petersburg) for their integration project in Russia in 2009-2011.
27.03.2012 Bringing colors and joy to childrens' hospital in Minsk
Tikkurila paints and beautiful paintings decorate the corridors of childrens' Cardiosurgery Center in Minsk, Belarus, and bring joy to young patients of the hospital.
13.03.2012 The ColorVoyant® Watch – Tikkurila’s new blog for professionals
Tikkurila has started publishing a trend blog as part of its Profe service concept for professionals. The blogger is Doty Horn, a frequent speaker at design industry trade shows and a trend commentator in various media outlets.
08.03.2012 In honor of the anniversary, Tikkurila's Joker paint got a new face
In honor of Tikkurila's 150th anniversary, Tikkurila's classic interior paint Joker got a new face. Juhla-Joker will be sold in Finland in a special size of 7.2 liters, which will be available in shops as of mid-February for a limited time. Joker can be tinted in the light shades of Tikkurila interior color cards.
01.03.2012 Alcro presents the ad.retur inspiration collection
With color, imagination and careful work, an old, worn out piece of furniture can be made attractive once again. Alcro wants to show this with ad.retur – an inspiration collection in which students at Beckmans College of Design have given ten worn out pieces of furniture a new chance.
23.02.2012 World Design Capital year reflected also in Vantaa
The World Design Capital is appointed every two years. The idea is to promote and encourage the use of design in urban development. In 2012, the World Design Capital is Helsinki, but also the surrounding towns of Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and Lahti are strongly involved.
18.01.2012 Beckers starts cooperation with Swedish real estate site
Tikkurila's subsidiary, Alcro-Beckers AB, and its Beckers paint brand targeted to consumers have started a cooperation with Hemnet, Sweden's most popular site for real estate searches.
09.01.2012 Tikkurila celebrates its 150 years journey in 2012
For 150 years already, Tikkurila has offered beauty and protection. A small oil press has grown into one of the leading paint companies in the Nordic area as well as in Russia and other selected Eastern European countries. – Tikkurila inspires you to color your life.
27.12.2011 Competitive edge from colors
The right coating material protects the product. Colors give a positive impression of the product’s quality, and they help to improve visibility and brand awareness. Colors can also be used to highlight the form and structure of a product.
20.12.2011 Alcro awarded for their colorful and creative advertising campaign
Alcro-Beckers AB was awarded third prize in the international Epica Awards in the category of "Household Maintenance". The award was granted to Alcro's colorful campaign "Color Tackle", which illustrates a Swedish ice hockey player in a dramatic tackle with an opponent from another team.
13.12.2011 Tikkurila awarded the golden Consumer Laurel 2011 award in Poland
Tikkurila's Polish subsidiary, Tikkurila Polska S.A., has been granted the golden Consumer Laurel 2011 award for the Be Special Decor product range.
09.12.2011 Tikkurila's Pigrol products protect beehives
Tikkurila's German subsidiary Pigrol has launched the first scientifically tested protective coating for apiculture. The lifespan of the wooden beekeeping equipment can now be extended with the Pigrol products.
28.11.2011 Tikkurila's water-borne paints in Ikituuri – a landmark of sustainable development
The latest building project of the Student Village Foundation of Turku (TYS) was completed in the spring 2011 in the Nummenranta area in Turku, Finland. The elliptical construction was built in compliance with the principles of sustainable development, and the interior premises were painted with Tikkurila's water-borne paints.
21.11.2011 Tikkurila colors Night of Chemistry at Heureka on December 2
Tikkurila will join Night of Chemistry is to be held at the Finnish Science Center Heureka in Vantaa, Finland on Friday December 2, bringing the International Year of Chemistry to a close.
18.11.2011 Tikkurila awarded the Supplier of the Year in Norway
The retail store chain Byggmakker has granted Tikkurila's Norwegian subsidiary, Tikkurila Norge A/S, its Supplier of the Year award in November 2011. Tikkurila received the same award in Norway also in 2010.
11.11.2011 Tikkurila's paints in the Snow Arena in Lithuania
The steel structures of the winter entertainment complex Snow Arena in Druskininkai, Lithuania were painted with more than 50,000 litres of Tikkurila's coatings.
03.11.2011 The choice of color can save energy
Can color and light in cooperation save energy? This was the question posed by researchers in the OPTIMA project, the goal of which was to reduce the energy used for lighting purposes without impairing the experience. Tikkurila's Swedish subsiadiary Alcro-Beckers AB, together with the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Sweden, participated in the research.
25.10.2011 Be creative with the Teks Magico decorative paint
Tikkurila's leading Russian decorative paint brand, Teks, has launched a new water-borne decorative paint, "Teks Magico", which enables customers to use their creativity in a more innovative way.
21.10.2011 Tikkurila Polska awarded by a DIY store network
Leroy Merlin Poland, a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) store network in Poland, has awarded Tikkurila Polska in their Supplier Congress in Warsaw, Poland in September 2011. The award was given to Tikkurila in the category “The most effective new products in 2010”.
20.10.2011 Tikkurila design floors provide individual style and color to any space
Tikkurila introduced the Tikkurila Design Floor Techniques at the Colour and Surface 11 trade fair held 12-14 October 2011 in Helsinki. The Tikkurila Design Floor Techniques will inspire you to create more unique and colorful floors without compromising the floor’s wear resistance.
17.10.2011 Hospital ward turns into an enchanted forest with Tikkurila colors
Recently, Tikkurila was involved in a charity project for the children’s ward at the Skin and Allergy Hospital Helsinki. The project volunteers helped to create a new look for the facility, turning the children’s ward into an enchanted forest.
12.10.2011 Tikkurila Profe – more extensive services for professionals
Profe is a service concept for professional customers, which allows Tikkurila to provide more extensive and targeted services for various operators in the trade. The concept takes account of each group's special needs.
05.10.2011 Tikkurila’s water-borne paints used for living quarters module on Caspian Sea offshore platform
It was the impressive track record in supplying water-borne systems in demanding environments that led to Tikkurila winning the contract with Apply Emtunga to provide a paint solution for a living quarters module on an offshore platform in the Caspian Sea.
30.09.2011 Tikkurila trend colors 2012-2013 show the joy of doing
Tikkurila has published trend colors for the years 2012–2013. The colors contain the energetic joy and power of the 70s, soft pastel colors, dark harmony, earthy shades, and breezy maritime. The inspiration for creating the collection was simple life, absence of rush, and doing it yourself.
14.09.2011 Tikkurila's Tunto to the new Tulikivi Suvas range of designer fireplaces
Tulikivi's new Suvas designer fireplace will be treated with Tikkurila's Tunto Hieno textured coating.
07.09.2011 Tikkurila's Alcro and Beckers products granted five new Nordic Ecolabels
Tikkurila has the highest number of eco-labeled decorative paints in Scandinavia.
02.08.2011 Tikkurila’s Valtti celebrated by donating money to forest conservation
For sixty years, Valtti has been the choice of Finns in wood finishing!
07.07.2011 What’s in?
Tikkurila’s Design Manager Marika Raike from Finland tracks trends for a living – but where exactly do they come from?
15.06.2011 Vivacolor is the most well-known paint brand in the Baltics
Based on the recent brand awareness study, Tikkurila's Vivacolor is the most well-known paint brand in the Baltic countries.
14.06.2011 Tikkurila's Innovation Contest boosts idea creation
Four ideas were awarded in Tikkurila's internal Innovation Contest.
07.06.2011 Tikkurila ProHouse – for durable wooden houses
Tikkurila’s new ProHouse concept promotes sustainable development and is an answer to the needs of the sawmill industry, professionals and consumers.
25.05.2011 Zen – Modern, natural and esthetic
Zen product range is refined from natural plant oil and wax, which help preserve the good natural qualities of wood for a long time.
26.04.2011 Tikkurila's Tunto Kivi – new natural stone coating
The natural stone coating Tunto Kivi brings life to interior premises.
21.04.2011 AS Tikkurila's novelties presented at the Estbuild 2011 fair
The 15th International building fair Estbuild 2011 was held on April 6–9, 2011 in the Estonian Fair Center in Tallinn.
04.04.2011 Tikkurila launches mobile painting application for Alcro
Tikkurila has introduced a free of charge application for mobile phones to help and inspire consumers and professionals with the Alcro paints and colors in Sweden.
31.03.2011 Tikkurila’s Touching installation exhibited in the Annual General Meeting
The first Annual General Meeting of Tikkurila Oyj was held on Thursday, March 31, 2011 in Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland.
10.03.2011 Tikkurila inspires Russians to renovate on tv
In partnership with Tikkurila, the Russian TNT tv channel broadcasts 32 interior design programs called Renovation School during January−July 2011.
24.02.2011 20 years of design projects by Tikkurila and sculptor Antero Toikka
Early in the year 2011, the results of many years of design cooperation between Tikkurila and the sculptor Antero Toikka were displayed at Galleria Sculptor in Helsinki.
04.02.2011 Tikkurila's Vivacolor brand in strategic marketing cooperation with San Korpus JWT
Vivacolor is one of Tikkurila's strategic brands and one of the leading regional paint brands in the Baltic States.
24.01.2011 Sustainable landscape art using Tikkurila products
Tikkurila offers environmentally sustainable products and solutions, while steering customers towards sustainable choices.
19.01.2011 Sustainable solutions by painting
Tikkurila offers environmentally sustainable products and solutions, while steering customers towards sustainable choices.
05.01.2011 New local Tikkurila company websites available
Tikkurila has opened local company websites for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia.
25.11.2010 Tikkurila makes art donation to Kiasma
29.10.2010 Tikkurila colors for Kirnu in Shanghai
30.08.2010 Tikkurila at Habitare 2010 Fair
