Boero Group
Genoa, Italy
www.gruppoboero.it
FLH Group
Arbon, Switzerland
www.flh.com
PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ES TABLISHED: 1831
COATINGS REVENUES:
$185 million
SEGMENT BREAKDOWN
KE Y PEOPLE
Andreina Boero, chairperson;
Giorgio Rupnik, CEO; Olga
Bottaro, marketing and technical director; Claudio Stringara,
arch. & deco; Paolo Zunino,
yacht; Niccolo Ballerini, marine.
Boero Group is Italy’s paint and coatings leader in the markets its serves. In 2009 the group reported revenue of roughly $185 million. The
firm’s business is divided into three segments.
Architectural and decorative coatings generated 64%
of the group’s revenue last year while yacht coatings
were responsible for 19% of the revenues with the
marine segment responsible for the remaining 17%.
Architectural and decorative paint brands in the
firm’s portfolio include Boero Colori; Rover Attiva;
and Grandi Superfici. Yacht brands include Boero
Yacht Paint; Veneziani Yachting; and Attiva Marine.
The marine category offers the Boat brand. Boero
Group operates three manufacturing facilities. ;
PUBLIC COMPANY
HEADCOUNT: 610
YEAR ES TABLISHED: 1932
COATINGS REVENUES:
$180 million
SEGMENT BREAKDOWN
KE Y PEOPLE
Thomas Lozser, CEO; Pascal
Rentzmann, group controller.
FLH Group, the coatings division of Looser Holding AG, in 2009 recorded sales of approximately $180 million. Treffert Group, a member company of FLH
Group, during the year opened a subsidiary in the U.S. The
new product development and production facility is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. With this direct presence
in the USA, Treffert wants make major inroads in the
North American wood floor coating market. The new
Treffert USA Technology Center features labs for development, testing as well as full scale prototyping – and state
of the art coating production facilities. Charlotte is in the
heart of the North American wood processing industry. The
City has a great research community, skilled labor force
and good infrastructure. ;
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PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ES TABLISHED: 1926
COATINGS REVENUES:
$175 million
Boysen
Quezon City, Phillipines
www.boysenpaints.com
Grebe Group
Weilburg, Germany
www.grebe-group.com
SEGMENT BREAKDOWN
• Architectural/decorative
KE Y PEOPLE
Willy Ong, president; Johnson
Ongking, vice president; Ruben
Cueto, marketing manager;
Romeo Bautista, technical serv-
ices manager.
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PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ES TABLISHED: 1936
COATINGS REVENUES:
$170 million
SEGMENT BREAKDOWN
KE Y PEOPLE
Helmut Tappe, CEO Grebe
Group; Dr. Manfred Becker,
management board; Frank
Glaser, management board; Tim
Rand, Weilburger Coatings;
Uwe Diener, marketing director.
Walter Neal Boysen founded Boysen Paints in Oakland, CA/USA in 1926. After expanding the brand across the U.S., Boysen Paints was introduced to Asia in the
1960s. It has given Pacific Paints the license to manufacture its
premium paint products. The growing market share in Asia and
the Pacific, especially in the Philippine market, necessitated the
creation of a fully integrated state-of-the-art manufacturing
facility in Cavite, Philippines, said to be the most modern paint
factory in Southeast Asia. In 2008, Pacific Paints (Boysen)
Philippines launched its environment-friendly paint, dubbed
the Boysen KNOxOUT, activated by Cristal Nanotechnology.
Also of note in 2008 Boysen Paints was awarded Reader’s Digest
Most Trusted Brand Platinum Status for the fourth year in a
row in early 2009—making it one of only two paint companies
in Asia-Pacific with this distinction. ;
The Grebe Group recorded sales of approximately $170 mil- lion in 2009. The firm’s coatings business can be broken down into the following segments: Industrial coatings,
which accounted for 40% of sales; non-automotive OEM applications, which accounted for another 40% of revenue; and lastly, rail
and defense applictions make up the remaining 20% of revenue
for the year. For household articles the firm offers Greblon Non
Stick coatings and decorative, temperature-resistant coatings. For
the stove industry it offers high-temperature resistant coatings.
For general industry applications Grebe offers coating systems for
metals, plastics and glass in applications such as sewage pipes,
household appliances, rail vehicles, mobile phones and defence
technology. The group operates facilities in Germany, UK, Italy,
Poland, China, Hong Kong Indonesia, India and Japan. In 2008
Grebe acquired Schramm Coatings GmbH. ;
