Who owns Paper+Design?
Paper+Design is owned by Duni Group (Sweden, Nasdaq Stockholm: DUNI).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Duni Group Annual and Sustainability Report 2025, Duni AB (publ), 23 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Duni AB (publ) reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇸🇪 Sweden, Malmö
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Wolkenstein
- Founded
- 1999
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Furniture & furnishings › Cookware & tableware
- Parent ticker
- Nasdaq Stockholm: DUNI
- Last verified
- · 4 sources
About Paper+Design
Paper+Design is a German maker of printed napkins, table runners, table covers and decorations, established in 1999 at Wolkenstein in the Erzgebirge. It runs the whole chain itself, from design and engraving through printing on more than 13 presses, including eight-colour flexo machines, to warehousing and sales, and also produces to customers' own designs. Duni bought into the company in 2014, and Paper+Design GmbH Tabletop is now wholly owned within Duni Group's Dining Solutions business area.
Ownership timeline of Paper+Design
- Current owner Duni Group [1] reported
Where Paper+Design sits in Duni Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Duni Group
Duni Group controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
Other brands in cookware & tableware, and who owns them
The 42 brands in cookware & tableware on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Fiskars Group, with 10; Duni Group has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Arabia | Fiskars Group | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Fitz and Floyd | Lifetime Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Nambé | Portmeirion Group | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Ballarini | ZWILLING | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Chicago Cutlery | Corelle Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bordallo Pinheiro | Vista Alegre Atlantis | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| like. by Villeroy & Boch | Villeroy & Boch | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Mark and Graham | Williams-Sonoma | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Duni Group
Duni Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, founded in 1949. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as Nasdaq Stockholm: DUNI.
Duni Group is a Malmö company that makes napkins, table covers, candles and food packaging, mainly for hotels, restaurants, caterers and takeaways. Duni was founded in 1949 to market waxed paper cups and traces its roots to a paper mill at Skåpafors, Sweden, opened in 1897. Owned in turn by Bonnier, Marieberg and EQT, it was listed on Nasdaq Stockholm in November 2007, and Mellby Gård held 51.49% of its shares at the end of 2025. Net sales were SEK 7,685 million in 2025: SEK 4,678 million in Dining Solutions and SEK 3,007 million in Food Packaging Solutions.
🇩🇪 Paper+Design and other German brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 252 brands that began in Germany. 93 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Paper+Design among them.
- B1 Discount Baumarkt — REWE Group 🇩🇪
- BASF Agricultural Solutions — BASF 🇩🇪
- Dyckerhoff — Buzzi 🇮🇹
- Gardena — Husqvarna Group 🇸🇪
- Hansgrohe — Masco 🇺🇸
- Villeroy & Boch — Villeroy & Boch 🇩🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Paper+Design?
The parent company of Paper+Design is Duni Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Sweden.
Is Paper+Design German or Swedish?
Paper+Design originated in Germany in 1999, but it is owned today by Duni Group, which is headquartered in Sweden. So Paper+Design is a German-origin brand under Swedish ownership.
Is Paper+Design still owned by Duni Group?
Yes. As of 22 October 2026, Paper+Design is still owned by Duni Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (4) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Duni Group Annual and Sustainability Report 2025 — Duni AB (publ), Annual report, published 23 April 2026; retrieved 22 October 2026.
- [2] Duni Group — Our brands and solutions — Duni AB (publ), Official document; retrieved 22 October 2026.
- [3] Duni Group — Paper + Design — Duni AB (publ), Official document; retrieved 22 October 2026.
- [4] Duni Group — Our history — Duni AB (publ), Official document; retrieved 22 October 2026.
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