Tikkurila LLC in Russia is part of the international Tikkurila Group. Trade relations with Russia started back in the Soviet period, and the first European paint factory was built in 1995. In 1998, Tikkurila Coatings CJSC was founded in St. Petersburg to sell industrial coatings. In 2006, OOO Kraski Teks joined the company and two years later the companies started to operate under a single name - OOO Tikkurila.