Coatings World - July 2012

69ICA Group Civitanova Marche, Italy www.icaspa.com

PRIVATE COMPANY YEAR ES TABLISHED: 1971 REVENUE: $170 million ▲ (2010: 150mn)

MARKETS SERVED
• Industrial wood
coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Alessandro Bascelli, export manager;
Lorenzo Lavarini, area manager; Federico
Bastianelli, area manager; Sandro Panic-
cia, marketing director; Pierro and Fabio
Paniccia, technical directors.

On the heels of its launch of the My Lab system, designed to meet the needs of designers and architects for all-new color combinations, ICA Group unveiled in 2011 the My Gloss system. The new system was conceived to fulfill the increasingly stringent requirements of the furniture sector, which are based on the need to achieve high-quality gloss coatings using cycles that have low levels of environmental impact. The final lacquered gloss effects of the My Gloss system can be obtained both with colored base coats and with transparent gloss topcoats, and even directly with pigmented gloss topcoats. Specifically, the My Gloss system is composed of versatile products for the preparation of the base surface such as primers, fillers and UV intermediates with 100 percent solid residue. Alongside these, there are water-based epoxy base coats. ICA says the My Gloss system make it possible to reduce VOCs released into the atmosphere during application by more than 90 percent.

70NOF Metal Coatings Group www.nofmetalcoatings.com

PRIVATE COMPANY YEAR ES TABLISHED: 1974 REVENUE: $167 million ▲ (2010: 159mn)

MARKETS SERVED
• Corrosion protection
coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Mr. Poulet, CEO, Europe; Mr. Nagura,
CEO, Japan; Mr. Masuda, CEO, USA;
Mr. Ros, sales and marketing direc-
tor, Europe.

NOF Corporation is a leading Japanese chemical company and the holding company of NOF Metal Coatings Group, which includes NOF Metal Coatings Europe (Creil, France); NOF Metal Coatings North America (Chardon, Ohio); NOF Metal Coatings Asia Pacific (Kawasaki, Japan); NOF Metal Coatings China (Shanghai); NOF Metal Coatings Korea (Seoul); NOF Metal Coatings South America (Sao Paulo, Brasil). All together NOF Metal Coatings Group generated sales of $167 million in 2011. The group is primarily engaged in the manufacture of corrosion control coatings for the automotive OEM segment, which was responsible for 90 percent of group revenue. In November 2011, the company opened in France what it says is the first training center in Europe dedicated entirely to zinc flake anti-corrosion technology. Specific training sessions have been set up including, corrosion protection mechanisms, protection principles, application processes, quality control, tribology etc.

71Boero Group Genoa, Italy www.gruppoboero.it

PUBLIC COMPANY YEAR ES TABLISHED: 1831 REVENUE: $166 million ▲ (2010: 160mn)

MARKETS SERVED
• Decorative coatings
• Maine coatings
• Yacht coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Andreina Boero, president; Cristina
Cavalleroni, vice president; Giorgio
Rupnik, CEO; Olga Bottaro, technical
director; Managers: Claudio
Stringara, architectural and decora-
tive; Massimo Bonarra, yachting; Nic-
colo Ballerini, marine.

72Natoco Co. Ltd. Miyoshi, Japan www.natoco.co.jp

PUBLIC COMPANY YEAR ES TABLISHED: 1948 REVENUE: $165,330 million ▲ (2010: 140mn)

MARKETS SERVED
• Architectural coatings
• Industrial coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Kenji Kasuya, president and
representative director;
Susumu Kawakami, senior
managing director; Yutaka Ya-
mamoto, director of business
administration and director.

Boero Group is Italy’s paint and coatings leader in the mar- kets its serves. In 2011 the group reported revenue of $166 million. The firm’s business is divided into three segments. Architectural and decorative coatings generated 70 percent of the group’s revenue last year while yacht coatings were responsible for 15 percent of the revenues with the marine coatings segment was responsible for the remaining 15 percent. 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 two manufacturing facilities. Boero recently introduced Rovertherm coat systems for energy efficiency in building and it also launched a water-based wood coatings range.

Natoco Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of fine chemicals and paints. It offers synthetic resin paints and inks. The company primarily provides coatings for metal, building and other functional materials, as well as related equipment. It also engages in the transportation of the industrial waste. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Miyoshi, Japan and operates in three business segments. The paint segment is involved in the manufacture and sale of synthetic resin paints, thinners and paint-related products. The fine chemical segment manufactures and sells chemical products such as film-use coating materials, as well as fine particles for liquid crystal displays (LCDs), among others. The others segment is engaged in the collection and transportation of industrial waste products. Natoco has two subsidiaries and one associated company.