Coatings World - July 2014

The Coatings Group of Arbon, Switzerland-based Looser Holding AG in 2013 recorded sales of $214 million, the majority of which came from sales of wood coatings, which represents 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 16 percent; and industrial coatings 12 percent. The Coatings Division is home to the Tref-fert Group, Feyco Group, ILAG Group, Schekolin AG and Feycolor Group who make coating for wood, plastic, metal, stone and glass for industrial and commercial use. These companies operations are spread throughout Switzerland, Germany, Austria, the rest of Europe, China, South East Asia and the U.S. The Coatings Division employs 600 personnel at its nine production facilities.

Yung Chi Paint & Varnish Manufacturing Co., Ltd. manu- factures architectural coatings, heavy-duty coatings, marine paints, coil coatings, can coatings, nuclear coatings and curtain wall coatings primarily in Taiwan. The firm also manufactures and sells fire-retardant and fire protection coatings. In 2009, the company’s Malaysia Melaka factory started production for coil coatings. Taiwan and recorded sales of $215 million in 2013 and has approximately 600 employees. In the architectural segment the company provides solvent-based acrylic paints, water-based cement mortar paints, dirt off exterior acrylic emulsion paints, water-based elastomeric paints, and water-based epoxy topcoats. Heavy-duty coatings include epoxy paints, ready-mixed paints, top-long paints and polyurethane paints.

PUBLIC COMPANY YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1951

REVENUE: $215 million MARKETS SERVED

• Architectural coatings • Marine coatings
• Industrial coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES

Te-Hsiung Chang, president; T.J Chang, general manager; Anthony Lin, manager

PUBLIC COMPANY YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1932 REVENUE: $214 million MARKETS SERVED

• Architectural coatings • Industrial
coatings • Automotive OEM • Auto
refinish • Wood coatings • Non-stick
coatings • Packaging coatings

KEY EXECUTIVES

Thomas Lozser, CEO; Pascal Rentzmann, group controller.

Looser Holding AG
Arbon, Switzerland
wwwlooserholding.ch

60Yung Chi Kaohsiung, Taiwan www.rainbowpaint.com.tw 59 Rock Paint Co. Ltd. offers automotive refinish paints, build- ing paints, industrial paints and home use paints. The com- pany is among the leading manufacturers of automotive refinish paints in Japan. Rock manufactures coatings in a wide range of colors, with an especially wide variety of pearls and metallics. These include brands such as its Panarock Mars 2K series, Rock-ace and Hirock. Rock Paint has recently introduced a one-package type basecoat called Pro Touch as part of an effort to continually advance and improve its line of products. Responding to movements aiming to reduce levels of VOCs in paint products, Rock Paint set out early to develop waterborne automotive refinish paints. As a result, general sales for a product called Waterbase have been initiated. Rock Paint Co. was established in 1952 and is based in Osaka, Japan.

Founded in 1936, Tambour is the largest Israeli paint manu- facturer. 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 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. Tambour’s revenue for 2013 was $223 million.