Coatings World - JULY 2013

Helios
Domzale, Slovenia
www.helios.si

PUBLIC COMPANY YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1924 REVENUE: $480.868 million MARKETS SERVED

• Decorative coatings
• Car refinishes
• Metal coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES Uros Slavinec, president; Marko Vresk, vice president; Branko Pas, vice president.

Helios Group is the leading manufacturer of coatings in South Eastern Europe with approximately 3,000 employ- ees in more than 30 companies in 14 countries and recorded sales of $480.868 mn in 2012. Recently Helios strengthened its operations in Slovenia and opened a car refinishing coatings center and a production plant for water-based coatings in Domzale. The center has 2.400 square meters of usable surfaces and brings together development, sales and educational capacities of Helios’ car refinishing operations. The coatings manufacturer also opened a center for metal coatings in Medvode, Slovenia. Helios invested $18.7 million in the three projects. Additional resources will be invested in the production plant for water-based coatings and the car refinishing coatings center. Currently the production capacity of decorative and car refinishing water-based coatings is 500 tons per month.

Betek Boya San.
ve Tic. AS
Istanbul, Turkey
www.betek.com.tr

PRIVATE COMPANY YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1988 REVENUE: $433 million MARKETS SERVED

• Architectural coatings • Adhesives
• Industrial coatings
• Thermal insulation • Wood coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES Gozde Akpinar, chairman; board members: Tayfun Kucukoglu, general manager; Sevim Yeltekin, VP finance.

Betek Boya ve Kimya Sanayi AS, whose name is the combi- nation of the first syllables of the Turkish words “Beton” (meaning “concrete”) and “Teknoloji” (meaning “ technology”), was founded in 1988. Betek entered the decorative paints industry in 1993 through its technological cooperation with DAW. This partnership became a milestone both for Betek and the Turkish paint industry. Betek was the first Turkish paint company to commence production with a European partner.

Over the last ten years, Betek has been known as the leading and innovative company in Turkey, producing coatings with the highest quality standards. Since 2001, Betek has been the market leader in the industry with its multi-brand strategy, which is being delivered to more than 5,00 retail outlets and 1,000 employees.

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Ennnis-Flint
Dallas, Texas/USA
ennistraffic.com

PRIVATE COMPANY YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1996 REVENUE: $405 million MARKETS SERVED

KEY EXECUTIVES Bryce Anderson, chairman; Steve Vetter, chief executive officer; John Midea, president; Matt Soule, chief financial officer.

In 2012, Ennis Traffic Safety Solutions and Flint Trading, Inc. merged to become Ennis-Flint, a worldwide leader in the traffic safety and pavement marking industry. By combining the knowledge, experience and expertise of two dynamic market forces into a single company, Ennis-Flint provides a comprehensive lineup of pavement marking solutions.

Ennis Traffic Safety Solutions is a global provider of pavement marking materials and traffic safety products. Headquartered in Dallas, TX the company’s traffic paint business recorded sales of approximately $405 mn in 2012. Ennis operates 14 facilities worldwide, including the U.S., Canada, the UK, Turkey, Italy and Australia.

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Carpoly Chemical
Group
Jiangmen, China
www.carpoly.com

PRIVATE COMPANY YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1993 REVENUE: $368 million MARKETS SERVED

Since 1999, Carpoly has been offering products and services to the furniture and decorative paints market. Carpoly recorded net sales revenue of $368 mn in 2012. This was an increase of more than ten percent. The company has 2,500 employees and five production facilities located in Guangdong, Shanghai and Sichuan. The company has approximately 2,100 direct distributors and more than 14,300 points of sales throughout China. In 2013, Carpoly expects the China coating industry will face both challenges and opportunities. On the one hand there is low industrial concentration and the homogenization of competition. On the other hand, the steady recovery of the Chinese economy and the emergence of new industries will provide a broad market for the coatings industry.