Our Story

A Family Business with a Global Mission.

Premix is a family-owned company with deep roots and a forward-looking spirit. Founded in the 1980s by Antti Kiikka, the company has grown into a global leader in functional plastics while staying true to its values of partnership, innovation, and people-first culture.

Today, the legacy continues with the second generation actively involved. Hanna Ristola and Tuomas Kiikka serve on the Board alongside their father and founder, Antti Kiikka.

Let's Make a Good Mix!

Our Slogan ‘’Let’s make a good mix!’’ describes perfectly how we do business. A good mix is about working together with our customers to solve their material challenges, deliver products that perform and make them succeed. In a strong partnership, not only material but also the people make a good mix! build safer, smarter, and more sustainable systems.

PRE + MIX - The Name Tells it All

Our name reflects our position and role in the plastics value chain. PRE stands for our role at the start of the process, where we develop functional plastic compounds and concentrates. MIX represents our core competence: expertly combining polymers, fillers, and additives to deliver the right functionality—whether it's electrical conductivity, antimicrobial protection, or enhanced durability.

The Power of Mixing

We help our customers optimize their end-product performance right from the compounding stage. By mixing in the right balance of: Functional additives (e.g., conductivity, antimicrobial agents), Performance enhancers (e.g., UV resistance, viscosity, heat stability) and Base polymers and fillers.

Engineering Performance, Together

For us, a good compound is more than the sum of its parts. It’s about: consistency and quality dispersion, ease of processing, mechanical and thermal reliability and smart compromises where necessary.

Our Values

Appreciation

We consider and encounter people as individuals. We make sure that they are understood and feel that they are appreciated. Our appreciation is visible both in major policies and day-to-day actions – taking the environment and people into consideration. We genuinely understand our customers and are trustworthy partners. Cooperation gives rise to shared added value and success. Mutual trust lays the foundation for a work culture in which everyone can develop and prosper individually.

Courage

As trailblazers, we revise both our own operations and our operating environment. We find new perspectives and innovate. We promote the development of our customers’ businesses by helping to generate new ideas and offering new solutions and services. Together, we renew ourselves. We encourage ourselves and each other to throw ourselves into new things and to excel. We dare to try without being afraid of mistakes and present differing opinions in an appreciative way to reach the optimum outcome.

Passion

Our enthusiasm is contagious and inspires us always to do our best. Together, we make the nearly impossible possible. We are committed to high quality, premium service, and successful cooperation. Our passion for customer work and technology means engagement in developing new. Meaningful work in an immersive working community inspires and encourages us to always perform our work with high quality.

40 Years of Success in Functional Materials

1980
1983
1985
1990
2000
2010
2021
2022
2025

1980 — Premix Oy established

Acquisition of Teknos plastic business.
1983

The first PRE-ELEC® electrically conductive plastics invented. Commercial breakthrough with products for Electronics packaging (Salora)
1985

Rajamäki, Finland. Own manufacturing plant
1990

Premix’s PRE-ELEC® pipette tip compounds were selected as industry reference materials for automated liquid handling systems.
The 2000s — A decade of international expansion and growth
- Material portfolio for static dissipative PRE-ELEC^® ESD compounds created
- Launch of the Concentrates concept
- PRE-ELEC^® concentrates for hazardous ATEX environments invented
2010 - Investments in automation and factory
- Breakthrough for PRE-ELEC^® compound in fuel filler systems for the automotive industry
- PREPERM^® material portfolio for functional antenna parts
- Expansion of warehouse facilities
- New automated production and packaging lines
- New production line for the needs of the electronics packaging industry
2021 - Growth during the pandemic

Premix ensured the extremely rapid growth of global PCR testing by fast production scale-up and 100% supply accuracy for the key raw material of robotic automation pipette tips.
2022 - A growing, international business
- Customers in over 30 countries
- Number of different formulations exceeds 20.000
- Premix won the Family Business category in Finland in the EY Entrepreneur of The Year competition.
2025 - North Carolina, US

The opening of the second Premix manufacturing plant in North Carolina, US. The greenfield project captures the 40 years of experience in developing and manufacturing electrically conductive plastics.

Our Story

Let's Make a Good Mix!

PRE + MIX - The Name Tells it All

The Power of Mixing

Engineering Performance, Together

Our Values

Appreciation

Courage

Passion

40 Years of Success in Functional Materials

1980 — Premix Oy established

1983

1985

1990

The 2000s — A decade of international expansion and growth

2010 - Investments in automation and factory

2021 - Growth during the pandemic

2022 - A growing, international business

2025 - North Carolina, US

Our Purpose, Mission, and Strategy

Join Our Journey

Our Story

Let's Make a Good Mix!

PRE + MIX - The Name Tells it All

The Power of Mixing

Engineering Performance, Together

Our Values

Appreciation

Courage

Passion

40 Years of Success in Functional Materials

1980 — Premix Oy established

1983

1985

1990

The 2000s — A decade of international expansion and growth

2010 - Investments in automation and factory

2021 - Growth during the pandemic

2022 - A growing, international business

2025 - North Carolina, US

Our Purpose, Mission, and Strategy

Join Our Journey

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