Sniezka Woj.
Podkarpackie, Poland
www.snieka.com68
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1984
REVENUE: $144,070 million
MARKETS SERVED
Interior coatings • exterior coatings •
Wood and metal preservation
Sniezka Paints and Varnishes Plant S.A. is currently number two in the industry in Poland, both in terms of quantity and value. Sniezka is a modern plant employing more than 600 people
and producing approximately 90 million liters yearly of a variety of
chemical products used in the construction industry in the domestic
market and foreign markets. The company concentrates its activity
in the area of emulsion paints (thinned with water), oil and phthalic
paints (solvent paints), and putty substances. The company offers
a wide range of high quality paints and varnishes, at the same time
providing its customers with assistance in the implementation and
application of its products.
Cloverdale Paint maintains more than 100 retail stores and a network of dealer outlets across Western Canada and the Paci;c Northwest. The ;rm manufactures architectural and
industrial maintenance products. Directly and through subsidiary
companies in Calgary, Alberta (Far-go Paint Inc.) and Portland,
Oregon (Rodda Paint Company). Cloverdale operates manufacturing plants in Surrey, Portland, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Calgary.
In terms of acquisitions, Cloverdale most recently bought Guertin
Coatings of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, which produces liquid
and powder industrial coatings, resins, sealants and adhesives in a
78,000 square foot facility in Winnipeg.
PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1933
REVENUE: $151 million
MARKETS SERVED
• Decorative coatings • Industrial coatings
• Wood finishes • Marine coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Charles Mordy, CEO and president; Paul
Schmidt, vice president of finance.
67Cloverdale Paint Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
cloverdalepaint.com
WEG Group’s Coatings Unit provides solutions in liquid industrial and anticorrosive coatings, automotive re;n- ish coatings, powder coatings and electro insulating varnishes and resins. WEG Coatings is a leader in the Brazilian market
in powder coatings and electro insulating varnishes and resins and
is a leader in industrial and;anticorrosive coatings in Latin America.
Among the main market segments, WEG provides solutions for marine and offshore, chemical and petrochemical, metallic structures,
shipbuilding, industrial maintenance, household appliances and automotive re;nishing.
Kikusui Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. engages in the produc- tion and sale of architectural coatings, specialty functional materials, construction materials, and civil engineering materials. The company offers ceramics, building materials, paints and
crushed natural decorative material sheets. In addition, it involves
in the manufacture and sale of machinery and equipment. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan.
Under the slogan, “Work in Harmony with Nature, Work for the
Bene;t of People,” Kikusui manufactures water-based and organic-solvent-free architectural paints and uses its own methods to minimize drainage and waste generated during the production process.
In addition, the company deals with natural paints from Germany
and allergy-free paints from Sweden.
PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1983
REVENUE: $160 million
MARKETS SERVED
• Powder coatings • Marine • Industrial
• Protective • Automotive Refinish
• Varnishes
KEY EXECUTIVES
Reinaldo Richter, managing director;
sales mgn: Adilson Cesar Demathe,
Pedro Reibaldi Neto, Mauro José Deretti,
customer service and intl sales mgr.
WEG Tintas
Guaramirim, SC - Brazil
www.weg.net66
PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1959
REVENUE: $207 million
MARKETS SERVED
• Architectural coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Hitoshi Yamaguchi, president; Akiyoshi
Nakagami, managing director; Hiroyuki
Imaida, managing director; Yoshiki
Tachibana, managing director.
Kikusui Chemical
Nagoya, Japan
www.kikusui-chem.jp65