Coatings World - July 2014

Nihon Tokushu Toryo Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based manufac- turing company that operates in two business segments. The Paint-related segment manufactures and sells paints
and soundproof materials. This segment is also involved in the
paint-related and soundproof material-related construction work.
The automobile product-related segment manufactures and sells au-
tomotive soundproof materials, such as damping materials, acoustic
absorbents and sound insulators, as well as antirust materials. Ad-
ditionally, the segment is also engaged in the research and develop-
ment of automobile acoustics. The company has nine subsidiaries
and ten associated companies in Japan, as well as overseas markets,
including the U.S., Thailand, China and Singapore. The company
was founded in 1929, is headquartered in Tokyo and recorded sales
Flügger Group is one of Scandinavia’s largest suppliers of deco- rative paint, wood stain, wallcoverings, paint tools and clean- ing articles. Flügger Group is represented by Flügger shops
in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Poland and China. Its sub-
sidiary DAY-system contributes with sales from 214 shops in Den-
mark, Norway and Sweden. Another company, PP Mester Maling,
has 41 shops in Denmark. The company has five factories; the two
main ones are in Kolding, Denmark and Bollebygd, Sweden. Here
Flugger produces paint, wood stain, fillers and chemical products. In
Kolding it produces 20 million liters of water-based paints per year.
In Bollebygd, Flugger produces 24 million liters of both water-based
and turpentine-based paint per year. With origins that date back to
1785, the company generated sales of $323.4 mn in 2012.

PUBLIC COMPANY YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1785

REVENUE: $22.4 million Danish MARKETS SERVED

• Architectural coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES

Soeren Peschardt Olesen, CEO; Paul Wulff, CFO; Claus Bjoern, group sales director;

Steen Hoff, group supply chain director; Ulf Schnack, Group Manager and main share holder

PUBLIC COMPANY YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1929

REVENUE: $321,476 million MARKETS SERVED

• Decorative coatings • Performance coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES

Masahiro Nojima, chairman and CEO;

Makio Sakai, president and COO; Jun Taya, managing director and CFO; deputy chief officers of paints and coatings: Hisami Nishioka and Yoshihiko Doi

Nihon Toksuhu Toryo Co. Ltd.

Tokyo, Japan
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Musashi Paint Company Co., Ltd. manufactures and dis- tributes coatings for household appliances, electronic devices, information technology devices and industrial products. It specializes in synthetic resin paints. The company provides touch feel, PRTR law adherent, water-based, UV, acrylic silicon, functional and special primer coatings, as well as coatings for molded plastics, laser etching and metal materials. In addition, it offers coatings for information/telecommunication devices, including mobile phones, laptop computers and digital cameras; coatings for household appliances, such as plasma/LCD televisions, DVD players, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, dehumidifiers and air cleaners; and coatings for automobile devices, including navigation systems. Musashi Paint Company offers its products through dealers in Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the UK and U.S.

Lord Corp. produces and sells general purpose and specialty adhesives and coatings. Lord Fusor aftermarket adhesives are used to return vehicles to pre-accident condition and include adhesives for bonding, metals and plastics, seam sealers and acoustical foams. Lord’s industrial metal bonding adhesives can replace welds, rivets, screws, tape and other traditional fastening methods. Lord also has a line of elastomer bonding formulations that can accommodate commercially available elastomers, diverse metals and rigid plastic substrates. Lord manufacturers corrosion control coatings, the MetalJacket line of coatings that protects substrates against corrosion and improves bonding properties. Lord also offers heat reflective coatings. Lord has 16 manufacturing facilities, 7 R&D centers and 90 sales and support centers worldwide.