Once again, Coatings World brings the industry our Top Companies Report – the only truly global ranking of the top manufacturers of paints, coatings, adhesives and sealants. Our editorial staff has devoted many hours researching the industry to provide you with the most accurate ranking of paint and coatings manufacturers operating in the global industry. Rankings are based on annual
sales in U.S. dollars. For companies based outside the U.S., sales are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates from the company’s
;scal closing date. For privately held companies who choose not to disclose sales ;gures, our staff interviews different industry sources
coupled with our own research to come up with an accurate estimate of annual sales. We pro;led 87 companies in this report. All have
sales of $100 million or more annually. Companies marked with an asterisk in the ranking on the following page represent Coatings World
estimate. Bold companies are those making their ;rst appearance as a Top Company.
The Top Companies Report is intended to provide our readers with a snapshot of the industry’s most in;uential players. We hope you
will come away with a clearer insight into the future of this truly global and always evolving industry. If you are a paint, coatings, adhesives
or sealants manufacturer with sales of $100 million or more for ;scal 2015 and would like to be included in our Top Companies Report,
contact me and I will add your company to the online version.
-Kerry Pianoforte, Editor
Top Companies Report
First Timers
• Brillux $568 million • Karl Wörwag $221 million • Mankiewicz $311 million
• Meffert $355 million • Ring International $601 million
Take-out Companies
• Helios (Slovenia) bought by Ring International Holding
2015 Top 20
01 PPG • 02 AkzoNobel • 03 Sherwin-Williams • 04 Henkel • 05 Sika
06 RPM • 07 Nippon • 08 Vaslpar • 09 Axalta • 10 BASF Coatings • 11 Kansai • 12 KCC
• 13 3M • 14 Asian Paints • 15 H.B. Fuller • 16 Masco • 17 Hempel • 18 DAW
19 DuluxGroup • 20 Jotun
