Coatings World - July 2011

FLH Group
Arbon, Switzerland
www.flh.com

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ES TABLISHED: 1932
REVENUE: $190 million
MARKETS SERVED
• Architectural coatings
• Industrial coatings
• Automotive OEM
• Auto refinish
• Wood coatings
• Non-stick coatings
• Packaging coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Thomas Lozser, CEO; Pascal Rentz-
mann, group controller.

FLH Group, the coatings division of Looser Holding AG, in 2010 recorded sales of approximately $190 million, the ma- jority of which came from sales of wood coatings, which represents approximately 50 percent of total revenue. The approximate percent of sales for the other segments include: packaging coatings 17percent; industrial coatings 15 percent; non-stick coatings ten percent; architectural coatings five percent; auto refinish two percent; and automotive OEM one percent. Treffert Group, a member company of FLH Group, in 2009 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.

Yung Chi Paint &
Varnish Mfg Co. Ltd.
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
www.rainbowpaint.com.tw

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1951
REVENUE: $187 million
MARKETS SERVED
• Architectural coatings
• Marine coatings
• Industrial coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Te-Hsiung Chang, president; DS
Chang, general manager; TJ Chang,
vice general manager; Tien-Yung
Chang, director; Tsung Te Han, man-
aging director; H.L. Shen, general
manager.

Yung Chi Paint & Varnish Manufacturing Co., Ltd. manufac- tures architecural coatings, heavyduty coatings, marine paints, coil coatings, can coatings, nuclear coatings and curtain wall coatings. The firm also manufactures and sells fire-retardant and fire protection coatings. In 2009, the company’s Malaysia Melaka factory started production for coil coatings.

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Grebe Group
Weilburg, Germany
www.grebe-group.com

PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ES TABLISHED: 1936
REVENUE: $180 million
MARKETS SERVED
• Industrial coatings
• OEM coatings
(non-automotive)

KEY EXECUTIVES Helmut Tappe, CEO Grebe Group; Dr. Manfred Becker, management board; Frank Glaser, management board; Tim Rand, Weilburger Coatings; Uwe Diener, marketing director.

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Tohpe Corporation
Osaka, Japan
www.tohpe.co.jp

PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1915
REVENUE: $176,240 million
MARKETS SERVED
• Onshore coatings
• Marine coatings
• Automotive coatings
• Decorative coatings
• Adhesives
KEY EXECUTIVES
Tsutomu Kobayashi, president; Kazu-
tami Kato, vice president; Hideki
Kimura, managing director; Yukio
Takeuchi, executive director.

The Grebe Group recorded sales of approximately $180 mil- lion in 2010. The firm’s coatings business can be broken down into the following segments: Industrial coatings, which accounted for roughly 40 percent of sales; non-automotive OEM applications, which accounted for roughly another 40 percent of revenue; and lastly, rail and defense applications make up the remaining 20 percent 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.

Renner Sayerlack S.A. manufactures and distributes wood fin- Tohpe Corporation is a Japan-based manufacturer that sup- plies paints and other chemical products. Its paints include synthetic resin paints, lacquers, water-based paints, oil-based paints and thinners. The company’s chemical products include synthetic resin adhesive processing agents and synthetic rubber. Additionally, it is involved in the paint related construction activities. The company has 12 subsidiaries and five associated companies. Tohpe Corporation was incorporated in 1919 and is based in Osaka, Japan.