Top Companies Report
Once again, Coatings World brings the industry our Top Companies Report—the only truly global ranking of the top manufacturers of paints, coatings, adhesives and sealants. Our editorial staff has spent many hours researching the industry to provide you with the most accurate ranking of paint and coatings manufacturers operating in the global industry. Rankings are based on annual sales in U.S. dollars. For companies based outside the U.S., sales are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates from the company’s ;scal closing date. For privately held companies who choose not to disclose sales ;gures, our staff interviews different industry sources coupled with our own research to come up with an accurate estimate of annual sales. We pro;led 83 companies in this report. All have sales of $100 million or more annually. Companies marked with an asterisk in the ranking on the following page represent Coatings World estimate. Bold companies are those making their ;rst appearance as a Top Company. The Top Companies Report is intended to provide our readers with a snapshot of the industry’s most in;uential players. We hope you will come away with a clearer insight into the future of this truly global and always evolving industry. If you are a paint, coatings, adhesives or sealants manufacturer with sales of $100 million or more for ;scal 2012 and would like to be included in our Top Companies Report, contact me and I will add your company to the online version.
-Kerry Pianoforte, Editor
First Timer
Kayalar Kimya $140.336 Million
Take-out Companies • Comex: Acquired by Sherwin-Williams • Forbo: Acquired by H.B. Fuller • Spraylat: Acquired by PPG • Inver Spa: Acquired by Valspar
2013 Top 20
01 AkzoNobel • 02 PPG • 03 Henkel • 04 Sherwin-Williams • 05 Axalta
06 Valspar • 07 BASF • 08 Kansai • 09 Sika • 10 RPM • 11 Nippon • 12 3M
13 Asian Paints • 14 Jotun • 15 Benjamin Moore • 16 H.B. Fuller • 17 Masco
8 Hempel • 19 DAW • 20 Beckers
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July 2013
