Navigator: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Navigator (Euronext Lisbon: NVG) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Setúbal, Portugal that owns 6 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1]
The Navigator Company is a Portuguese producer of eucalyptus pulp, uncoated printing and writing paper, tissue and packaging paper, with its head office at Mitrena, Setúbal. Its annual report traces the group to 1953 at the Cacia pulp mill; it was nationalised as Portucel in 1976, privatised from 1995, and renamed The Navigator Company in 2016. Semapa has held about 70% of the voting rights since 2015. Turnover was €1.97 billion in 2025, and it entered tissue in 2015, adding Gomà-Camps's Spanish tissue business in 2023 and the UK's Accrol in 2024.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- The Navigator Company, S.A. (also Portucel, Portucel Soporcel, Navigator Group)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇵🇹 Setúbal, Portugal
- Founded
- 1953
- Tickers
- Euronext Lisbon: NVG
- Website
- thenavigatorcompany.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Navigator in numbers
- Navigator owns 6 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is personal care & beauty with 5 brands.[1]
- 4 of its brands originated outside Portugal.
Everything Navigator owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Navigator own?
Navigator owns 6 consumer brands tracked here, including Navigator, Amoos, Little Heroes, Elegance, Softy and Magnum.
Is Navigator a Portuguese company?
Yes. Navigator is headquartered in Setúbal, Portugal and was founded in 1953.
Who owns Navigator?
Navigator is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as NVG on the Euronext Lisbon.
Sources (1) & 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] The Navigator Company 2025 Annual Report — The Navigator Company, S.A., Annual report; retrieved 22 October 2026.
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