Nippon Paint manufactures a wide variety of paints and coatings including those for automobiles, construction, architecture, steel structures, ships, metal, electrical equipment, machinery, roadways and household appliances among others. Nippon Paint is one of the largest paint manufacturers in Asia
and has 33 manufacturing plants and produces more than one million tons of paint and coatings annually.
In Asia, all Nippon Paint offices are managed by the Nipsea
Group. Nipsea Group manufactures and sells Nippon Paint products in 15 Asian countries. Overall, the company generates close to
one billion liters of paints and coats annually.
Nippon Paint China recently boosted its Corporate Social Re-
sponsibility (CSR) program, with the launch of its “Society Care”
programs in nine big cities around China. These charitable programs
drew the participation of more than 1,000 voluntary staff members
from seven different business sectors of Nippon Paint China, who
embodied the company’s spirit.
As one of Asia’s leading paint manufacturers, Nippon Paint
China began their steps towards developing a social public welfare
program back in 2009, when they initiated the “Color, Way of
Love” program, which renovates and improves the learning environment of schools in rural areas in China. They have also developed
several social interest activities, which included establishing a special fund together with China Youth Development Foundation and
Shanghai United Foundation, for “Color, Way of Love;” donating
the establishment of Nippon Paint China Happy Art Class; launching training programs for school teachers and providing teaching
opportunities for college students.
H.B. Fuller Company is a global manufacturer and marketer of adhesives and other specialty chemical products. The company is managed through four regional operating segments in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific.
The largest business component in each of the regional segments is
adhesives. H.B. Fuller posted sales of $2.104 billion in 2014.
The company recently made a number of acquisitions. H.B.
Fuller finalized the purchase of Continental Products Limited, a provider of industrial adhesives to the East and Central Africa markets.
The addition of this business supports H.B. Fuller’s growth strat-
egy for emerging markets, as it will enable the company to fully
leverage its broad-based technology portfolio and effectively deliver
specialty adhesive products to key customers in East and Central
Africa.
The Continental business generated approximately €2.3 million
in revenue for the 2014 fiscal year. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Continental will be included in H.B. Fuller’s Europe, India, Middle East,
Africa (EIMEA) operating segment.
The company has also finalized the previously announced purchase of TONSAN Adhesive, Inc., the largest independent engineering adhesives provider in China. TONSAN generated approximately
$100 million in revenue in 2014. H.B. Fuller has acquired 95 percent
of the equity of TONSAN for cash consideration of Rmb 1. billion,
or about $225 million. The results of this business will be included
in H.B. Fuller’s Asia Pacific operating segment going forward.
Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.
Osaka, Japan
www.nipponpaint.com
H.B. Fuller Company
St. Paul, Minnesota/USA
www.hbfuller.com
PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1881
REVENUE: $2.172 billion t (2013: $2.29 billion)
MARKETS SERVED
• Automotive coatings • Industrial coatings • Decorative
coatings • Marine and protective coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Kenji Sakai, president, representative director; Yoshio
Andou, senior vice president, general manager of trade
use paint division and executive director; Ryoichi Baba,
senior vice president, representative director; Kiyohiko
Chijiiwa, executive vice president and director; Kanji
Nishijima, vice president.
PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1887
REVENUE: $2.104 billion s (2013: $2.074 billion)
MARKETS SERVED
• Adhesives
KEY EXECUTIVES
Jim Owens, president and CEO; James Giertz, senior VP
and CFO; Joan Schuller, VP, AsiaPacific; Steven Kenny,
senior VP, EIMEA; Barry Snyder, VP and chief technology
officer.
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