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North America coating sales top 16
North America coating sales top 16 from PCI 50:
1. PPG Industries Inc.
Coatings Sales: $7.46 billion
2. DuPont Coatings & Color Technologies Group
Coatings Sales: $6.6 billion
3. Sherwin-Williams Co.
Coatings Sales: $6.0 billion
4. Valspar Corp.
Coatings Sales: $2.941 billion
5. RPM International, Inc.
Coatings Sales: $2.1 billion
6. Behr Process Corp.
Santa Ana, CA
714/545.7101
CEO/President: Jeff Filley
Coatings Sales: $l.771 billion
Masco’s Decorative Architectural Products segment includes Behr Process Corp. and Masterchem Industries, LLC. Segment revenues in 2007 totaled $1.771 billion.
Already a leader in the DIY market with The Home Depot, Behr introduced Behr Premium Select paint for professional application by Masco Contractor Services into the new home construction channel.
Established more than 40 years ago, Masterchem Industries sells under the brand names of Kilz®, Casual Colors®, Expressions®, Hammerite® and others. These brands are sold through big-box stores, national retailers, paint and hardware stores and distributors. Kilz, which is the number-one primer brand in the United States, launched the Casual Colors paint line in 2003 at Wal-Mart.
Parent Company: Masco Corp.
Source: 2007 Annual report, company website, company contact
7. Comex Group
Mexico City
CEO: Marcos Achar
President, U.S./Canada Div.: Kent Child
President, Mexico Div.: Leon Cohen
Coatings Sales: $1.47 billion
Comex Group was formed with the consolidation of Professional Paint Inc. and Comex. Professional Paint Inc. now operates as the U.S. and Canadian Division and Comex Paint as the Mexico division. Mexico’s largest paint manufacturer, Comex Paint is the leading architectural paint brand in Mexico. In addition to architectural paints, Comex manufactures industrial coatings, automotive paints, roof coatings, wood care products and aerosols. The company distributes its products through over 3,000 independent paint stores (Mexico Div.) and 380 company-owned stores (U.S./Canada Div.). It operates a total of 13 plants, four in Mexico, seven in the United States and two in Canada.
Subsidiaries: Comex, Color Wheel, Frazee, General Paint, Kwal, Parker and Duckback
Source: Company contact
8/9. BASF Coatings
Southfield, MI
800/347.2273
Group Vice President: Jay Baker
Coatings Sales: $1 billion*
BASF is the world’s leading chemical company, with products including chemicals, plastics, coatings systems, dispersions, agricultural products, fine chemicals, as well as crude oil and natural gas. Coatings sales in North America include but are not limited to automotive OEM and refinish, industrial OEM products and high-performance industrial maintenance coatings.
Parent Company: BASF, SE
Source: Company contact
8/9. Benjamin Moore & Co.
Montvale, NJ
201/573.9600
Chairman: Yvan Dupuy
President/CEO: Denis Abrams
Coatings Sales: $1 billion
Benjamin Moore & Co. is primarily a North American paint company. Its products are well known and sold nationally through independent paint stores. It specializes in architectural coatings with some industrial maintenance coatings. The company has a small amount of sales overseas.
Parent Company: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Source: Company contact, company website
Notes: In June 2007, Benjamin Moore announced its intent to acquire Finnaren & Haley Paint & Coatings, a regional manufacturer based in Conshohocken, PA. In March 2008, the company purchased select assets and brands of Insl-x Products Corp.
10. Dunn-Edwards Corp.
Los Angeles
323/771.3330
CEO: Kenneth N. Edwards
President/COO: Michael Badar
Coatings Sales: $384 million
Dunn-Edwards, founded in 1925, operates 100 stores in five western states: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas. Dunn-Edwards is a leading manufacturer and supplier of architectural and industrial coatings, providing a complete line of paints and professional painting supplies. The company caters to architects, designers, painting contractors, homebuilders and property managers in the Southwest; it also serves do-it-yourselfers, although professionals account for a majority of sales. Recently the company has focused on opening new stores and investing in R&D. For the past five years, Dunn-Edwards has opened an average of five new stores per year, and in 2007 it opened a record nine stores.
Source: Company contact, website
Notes: On April 3, 2008, Dunn-Edwards opened its 100th location in Fullerton, CA.
11. Ennis Paint Inc.
Ennis, TX
972/875.7272
Chairman: W. Bryce Anderson
Global Director: John Anderson
Coatings Sales: $350 million
Ennis Paint Inc. continues a long history of pavement markings that date back to the 1960s. Ennis Paint is a world leader in both traffic paint and thermoplastics.
Source: Company contact, press release
Notes: In September 2007, Ennis Paint acquired the traffic paint division of Société Laurentide Inc., a privately held family owned business based in Shawinigan-Sud, Quebec, Canada.
12. Rohm and Haas Co.
Philadelphia
215/592.3000
Chairman, President and CEO: Raj L. Gupta
Coatings Sales: $335 million
Rohm and Haas is a major specialty-chemical company with worldwide operations. The powder coatings business offers a strong portfolio of powder coatings in a variety of colors, textures, finishes and unique end-use properties that are utilized within the consumer, automotive, architectural, industrial and general metal-finishing industries. The company’s coatings are found on a wide variety of products, from door handles to patio and deck furniture, under-hood components, industrial shelving and architecture. Rohm and Haas has powder coatings operations in Europe, South America and Asia.
Source: 2007 Annual Report, company contact, press release
Notes: In September 2007, Rohm and Haas Powder Coatings launched Claymore™, its European portfolio of powder coatings for architectural and industrial markets, and its associated brand, REALCOAT™.
13. Kelly-Moore Paint Co., Inc.
San Carlos, CA
650/592.8337
President: Steve DeVoe
Coatings Sales: $300 million
Kelly-Moore has grown to be one of the largest employee-owned paint manufacturers and suppliers in the United States. Kelly-Moore Paints now operates four regional state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, producing over 20 million gallons of paint annually. Coatings and related products are sold through 168 company-owned retail stores in nine western states. The company is also recognized as an innovator and leader in the recycled paint industry with its E-Coat line.
Source: Company contact, company website
14. Cloverdale Paint Inc.
604/596.6261
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
http://www.cloverdalepaint.com
Rodda Paint Co. Chairman: Thomas J. Braden
Cloverdale Paint Inc. Chairman: Walter Vogel
Cloverdale Paint Inc. President and CEO: C.A. (Al) Mordy
Coatings Sales: $246 million
Cloverdale Paint Inc. and its subsidiaries, Rodda Paint Co., Fargo Paint & Chemicals Inc. and Guertin Coatings, Sealants & Polymers Ltd., operate through 109 corporate-owned locations in western Canada, the U.S. Pacific Northwest, Idaho and Alaska. Cloverdale is celebrating its 75th year of operations and currently employs 1,100 employees and operates six production facilities. The company manufactures architectural paints and industrial coatings as well as certain powder coatings, specialty resins and sealant products. Cloverdale is currently the largest privately owned paint company in Canada and sells to a wide variety of professional, commercial, industrial, private label and DIY customers as well as to a large number of Cloverdale Paint and Rodda Paint independent dealers. Rodda Paint Co. and Cloverdale Paint Co. merged in July 2004.
Source: Company contact, company website
Notes: In February 2008, Cloverdale Paint purchased Guertin Coatings, Sealants and Polymers Ldt. of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
15. TIGER Drylac U.S.A. Inc.
Ontario, CA
800/243.8148
CEO/President: Helmut Lehner and Karl Rijkse
Coatings Sales: 240 million
TIGER Drylac U.S.A. Inc. is a high-quality manufacturer of top-of-the-line powder coatings and boasts the largest selection of powder coatings in every type of chemistry. It serves a wide variety of business sectors, including the architectural, MDF, glass and automotive industries. TIGER Drylac U.S.A. Inc. was established in 1984 and operates five warehouse facilities in the United States (California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Texas) plus ships from several additional strategic distribution centers. The company’s production network includes three facilities in the United States (California, Illinois and Pennsylvania). TIGER is the fifth-largest powder manufacturer in the world with sales of over $240 million.
Source: Company contact
16. Nippon Paint U.S. Subsidiaries
Coatings Sales: $220 Million (combined)
NB Coatings Inc.
Lansing, IL
708/474.7000
COO/President: Tim Ruberry
NB Coatings is a subsidiary of Nippon Paint Co. NB Coatings serves OEM and tier suppliers around the globe and is the industry leader in automotive paint-on-plastics in North America. It supplies a complete line of OEM-approved liquid coatings for fascia, exterior trim, interior trim and lens applications.
NPA Coatings Inc.
Cleveland
216/651.5900
President: Masaru Sumida
NPA Coatings, another subsidiary of Nippon Paint Co., manufactures and sells powder coatings, automotive body coatings, pretreatment chemicals and transit film to customers in the general industrial and automotive markets.
Source: Company contact
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