SK Kaken Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of architectural coatings and in- sulating refractory materials. The company operates in three
business segments. The Architectural Coatings segment is engaged
in the manufacture and sale of organic and inorganic aqueous coatings, synthetic resin coatings, inorganic coatings and inorganic
building materials. The Insulating Refractory Materials segment is
engaged in the manufacture and sale of heat insulation materials,
fire-retardant and insulating coatings, as well as fireproof paints.
The company had 14 subsidiaries. The company has approximately
1,782 employees. SK Kaken was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Ibaraki-City, Japan.
Benjamin Moore, a subsidiary of Bershire Hathawa, currently employs 2,200 people. Nine-five percent of its sales are in the architectural/decorative paint segment and five percent comes
from general industrial and industrial maintenance.
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Angie’s List members will have access to best-in-class products and
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PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1955
REVENUE: $790 million
MARKETS SERVED
• Specialty coatings • Textured coatings •
Architectural paints • Industrial coatings
• Floor and roof coatings • Fire retardant
and heat insulating coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Minoru Fujii, president; Masahide
Sakamoto, senior managing director;
Mitsuhiro Fujii, executive director.
PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1883
REVENUE: $790 million
MARKETS SERVED
• Architectural coatings • Wood coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Michael Searles, chief executive officer;
Donald E. Devine, chief financial officer and
vice president - Finance; Ron Schuller chief
marketing officer and senior vice president;
Michael A. Bonner, vice president - Technology.
SK Kaken
Ibaraki-City, Japan
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