61Tambour Ltd. Nethanya, Israel www.tambourpaints.com
PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1936
REVENUE: $215 million ▲
(2010: 176mn)
MARKETS SERVED
• Architectural coatings
• Industrial coatings
• Powder coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Michael Dayan, CEO; Eitan Weizman,
vice president, marketing; Yacov Mor,
director, R&D.
Founded in 1936, Tambour is the largest Israeli paint manu- facturer. Tambour’s sales reached $215 million in 2011. The firm operates six production facilities in Israel for architectural paints, industrial paints, powder coatings, printing inks, acrylic
emulsion, resins and other coatings. Production capacity is approximately 90 million liters per year. Tambour said it has been watching trends not only for color forecasting, but also for the research
and development of new paint products, especially in the category
of faux finishes and special effects. In the last four years Tambour
successfully launched three different products in the faux finishes
category—Metallic Suede, Safari, Cashmere and last but not least
Bereshit and Cnaan. Tambour said these have proven to be very
popular within the market, resulting in excellent sales growth in this
product category. In light of the success of this methodology in the
decorative market, Tambour decided to introduce it to the industrial market as well and created a unique cooperation with Klil Industries—the leading company in Israel for Aluminum framings.
62Looser Holding AG Arbon, Switzerland www.looserholding.ch
The Coatings Group of Arbon, Switzerland-based Looser Holding AG in 2011 recorded sales of $213 million, the majority of which came from sales of wood coatings, which represents approximately 54 percent of total coatings revenue. The approximate percent of sales for the other
segments include: packaging coatings 18 percent; non-stick/low-friction coatings 15 percent; and industrial coatings
13 percent. The Coatings Division is home to the Treffert
Group, Feyco Group, ILAG Group, Schekolin AG and Fey-color Group who make coating for wood, plastic, metal,
stone, glass etc. for industrial and commercial use. These companies operations are spread throughout Switzerland, Germany, Austria, the rest of Europe, China, South East Asia and
the United States. The Coatings Division employs roughly
600 personnel at its nine production facilities and laboratories
around the world where now over 60 percent of their products are solvent-free.
PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1932
REVENUE: $213 million ▲
(2010: 190mn)
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.
63Grebe Group Weilburg, Germany www.grebe-group.com
PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1936
REVENUE: $200 million ▲
(2010: 180mn)
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.
64Asahipen Corporation Osaka, Japan www.asahipen.jp
PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ES TABLISHED: 1940
REVENUE: $192 million ▲
(2010: 176mn)
MARKETS SERVED
• Onshore coatings
• Marine coatings
• Automotive coatings
• Decorative coatings
• Adhesives
KEY EXECUTIVES
Takeshi Tanaka, president and
chairman.
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The Grebe Group recorded sales of approximately $200 million in 2011. The firm’s coatings business can be bro- ken 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.
Asahipen Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of various paints and coatings, painting tools and wallpaper products in Japan. The company offers water
base, oil base, anti-rust, spray, gloss varnish, wood, hobby craft
and business paints. Asahipen Corporation markets its products through dealers, government agencies, and other outlets in
China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and southwestern Asia. The company was formerly known as Asahi Paint Company and
changed its name to Asahipen Corporation in 1965. Asahipen
Corporation was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in
Osaka, Japan. Asahipen Groups are organized into many paint
manufacturing subsidiaries including Asahipen Corporation,
Daiho Tokyo Inc., Asahipen America Inc., and in the field of
UV finishing it operates Trust Inc.
www.coatingsworld.com
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