DAW
Ober-Ramstadt, Germany
www.caparol.de
PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1895
COATINGS REVENUES: $1.255 billion
TOTAL REVENUES: $1.255 billion
SEGMENT BREAKDOWN
KEY PEOPLE
Dr. Klaus Murjahn, CEO.
The parent company of the Caparol Group is the Deutsche Amphibolin-Werke von Robert
Murjahn Stiftung & Co KG (DAW).
DAW was founded in 1895 and today
carries out the central functions such
as purchasing, production and finances. DAW is the leading German
decorative paint manufacturer. The
Caparol brand is the leading brand
within the DAW Group. The marketing activities are subdivided into six
strategic business units.
In the professional business unit
high quality paints, enamels, glazes,
chemical building products and materials for facades and insulation tech-
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H.B. Fuller Company
St. Paul, Minnesota/USA
www.hbfuller.com
PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1887
COATINGS REVENUES: $1.234 billion
TOTAL REVENUES: $1.234 billion
nology are marketed under the brands
Caparol, Alligator and Alsecco for professional users. The product range of
the brand Alpina, which is active in
the DIY business unit, is mainly composed of environmentally friendly,
non-noxious, easily worked and high
quality decorative paints, enamels and
glazes and is aimed at the end-user.
The wholesale business unit comprises an extensive range of services for
the professional paint wholesalers
provided by the company Caparol
Marketing Service (CMS). The industrial business unit is supported by the
company Caparol Industrial Solutions
whose products and services are exclu-
SEGMENT BREAKDOWN
• North America: 43%
• Europe: 29%
• Latin America: 18%
• Asia Pacific: 10%
sively orientated to the requirements
of industrial customers. Lastly, the
Nerchau decorating and artist’s paints
is located in Saxony and produces high
quality paints for educational, hobby
and artistic requirements.
With 3,700 employees and a large
number of production sites at home
and abroad, as well as $1.255 billion
turnover, the Caparol Group is one of
the leading companies for paints,
enamels and building protection in
Europe. In the professional and also
DIY markets the company with its
headquarters in the Rhine-Main
region is the market leader with its
brands Caparol and Alpina. ;
KEY PEOPLE
Michele Volpi, president and CEO; James Giertz, senior
VP and CFO; James Owens, senior VP, North America;
Kevin Gilligan, VP, Asia Pacific; Jan Muller, VP, Europe;
Ramon Tico, VP, Latin America; Barry Snyder, VP and chief
technology officer.
H.B. Fuller Company is a global manufacturer and marketer of adhesives
and other specialty chemical
products. The company is managed through four regional operating segments—North America,
Europe, Latin America and Asia
Pacific. The largest business
component in each of the regional segments is adhesives. H.B.
Fuller posted sales of $1.234 billion in 2009.
H.B. Fuller opened a new techni-
cal center in Shanghai Zhangjiang
Hi-Tech Park, China. The new lab,
part of the company’s five-year
strategic plan, is the company’s first
regional technical center in Asia
Pacific and will house research and
development, applications testing,
sales and regional leadership. The
new technical center will focus on
next-generation adhesive applica-
tions, helping the company promote
product development and localiza-
tion of initiatives in a variety of
market segments, ranging from
insulating glass, packaging and non-
wovens and fiberglass sizing and
binding, to footwear and textiles,
lean flooring and reverse-osmosis
filtration.
