As We Go To Press
Valspar to buy Australia’s Wattyl
Valspar has agreed to acquire Australian
paint maker Wattyl Ltd for approxi-
mately $124 million (A$142 million) and
also assume its existing debt. The deal
will help Valspar build on its presence in
the Asia Pacific region and presents new
opportunities for growth, Valspar said. It
is subject to approval by shareholders
and regulatory authorities. Under the
deal, Wattyl, which began operations in
1915 and owns the Wattyl Solagard and
Estapol brands, will hand over its 30 per-
cent share of the domestic paints market
to Valspar.
HENKEL WINS WALMART
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD FOR
THE SECOND TIME IN A ROW
Henkel is again the recipient of the
Walmart Sustainability Award. At the
retailer’s vendor meeting in Bentonville,
Arkansas at the beginning of June,
Henkel was recognized as the global sup-
plier that has made the biggest contribu-
tion to sustainability. As members of
international Walmart working groups,
Henkel employees from North America,
Central America and Germany bring
their knowledge to the table on matters
such as ecology, packaging and consumer
communications and they have more
than 130 years of experience in sustain-
ability issues to rely on. Their expertise
covers the entire value chain from raw
materials and production to transporta-
tion, product use and disposal. CW
Index to Companies
3M ...................................... 26
Akzo Nobel ............................ 10, 26
Arch Chemicals ............................ 26
AsianPaints .............................. 26
BASF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 61
Becker ................................... 26
BenjaminMoore ........................... 26
Berger Paints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Boero Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
BoysenPaints ............................. 26
Brillux ................................... 26
CIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Cloverdale Paint ........................... 26
CMP ..................................... 26
Comex ................................... 26
DaiNippon Toryo .......................... 26
DAW ..................................... 26
DiamondVogelPaint ....................... 26
Dunn-Edwards ............................ 26
DuPont .................................. 26
Dyrup .................................... 26
Empils ................................... 26
FLHGroup ............................... 26
Flugger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Forbo .................................... 26
Freeworld Coatings ......................... 26
FujikuraKasei ............................ 26
GrebeGroup .............................. 26
H.B. Fuller ................................ 26
Helios .................................... 26
Hempel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Henkel .................................8, 26
ICAGroup ................................ 26
IndustriasTitan ........................... 26
International Paint ...................... 10, 22
InverS.p.A. ............................... 26
Jotun .................................... 26
JW Ostendorf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Kansai Paint .............................. 26
Kelly-Moore ............................ 22, 26
KoreaChemicalCo. ........................ 26
Masco .................................... 26
MetaKote ................................. 10
Murallo .................................. 22
National Paints ............................ 26
Nippon Paint .............................. 26
Orica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
PPG ............................ 10, 26, 61, 66
RockPaint ................................ 26
RPM ............................... 10, 26, 61
Sherwin-Williams .......................... 26
Shinto Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sika ..................................... 26
Tambour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
TeknosGroupOy .......................... 26
Tiger Coatings ............................. 26
Tikkurila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
ToaPaints ................................ 26
Tohpe .................................... 26
Valspar .................................8, 26
Wattyl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Yasar .................................... 26
YungChi ................................. 26
