Ring International
Holding
Vienna, Austria
www.ringholding.com
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PRIVATE COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1884
REVENUE: $601 million
MARKETS SERVED
• Decorative coatings • Powder coatings •
Metal coatings • Wood coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Executive Board: Ralph-Leo Lanckohr;
Management Board of Helios Group -
Coatings Divison: Hubert Culik and David
Kubala, CEO and member of the board of
directors.
Ring International Holding is an Austria-based company with approximately 3,000 employees and 21 production sites lo- cated throughout Europe.
Ring became the new majority shareholder of the Slovenia coatings group Helios Domžale, d.d. With approximate revenue of
$594 million, a joint production capacity of almost 170,000 tons of
liquid and powder coatings, resins and decorative coatings and 15
production sites, the coatings group is among the top 10 European
coatings producers.
Fujikura Kasei Co. Ltd. offers coatings for plastics, which in- clude automotive interior and exterior, automotive lightings, cosmetic containers and enclosures, electronic appliances,
plastic hobby items and plastic sheets; architectural coatings, such as
exterior and interior building materials, decorative items and hous-
ing equipment; and electronic materials
The company also provides architectural coatings for use in ex-
terior and interior building materials, public buildings and facilities,
decorative items, and housing equipment; and electronic materials,
including conductive paste.
PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1938
REVENUE: $612 million
MARKETS SERVED
• Plastic coatings • Architectural coatings
• Automotive coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Daisuke Kato, president; Hikoji Ueda,
senior vice president; Yoshizo Shimoda,
senior vice president; Hisashi Kajiwara,
executive director: Hiroaki Watanabe,
Masahiro Takano and Satoshi Watanabe.
31Fujikura Kasei Co. Ltd. Tokyo, Japan
www.fkkasei.co.jp
Since its inception in 1959, Pidilite Industries Limited has been a pioneer in consumer and specialty chemicals in India. Over two-third of the company’s sales come from products and segments it has pioneered in India.
The company’s product range includes adhesives and sealants,
construction and paint chemicals, automotive chemicals, art materials, industrial adhesives, industrial and textile resins and organic
pigments and preparations. Most of the products have been developed through strong in-house R&D, the company reported.
Dai Nippon Toryo Co., Ltd. operates in the paint industry primarily in Japan. The company offers various coating products, which include heavy duty, industrial, automobile, refinishing, marine, home use paints, plastics and powder. The
company also provides machines and equipment for paints manufacturing and coating applications. In addition, it offers its products in various fields, including electrical home appliances, housing,
automobiles and information-related equipment, as well as for
infrastructures, including high-rise buildings and largescale bridge
construction. Dai Nippon Toryo Co., Ltd. formed a joint venture
with Kuboko Paint Co., Ltd., which is a consolidated subsidiary
of Kansai Paint Co., Ltd., under the name Japan Powder Coating
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1959
REVENUE: $626 million
MARKETS SERVED
• Adhesives and sealants • Construction
coatings • Specialty coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
M. B. Parekh, chairman.
Pidilite Industries
Limited
Mumbai, India
www.pidilite.com
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PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1929
REVENUE: $634 million
MARKETS SERVED
• Protective coatings • Architectural
coatings • Metal baking coatings • Plastic
coatings • Automotive coatings • Rolling
stock coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Toshijiro Iwasa, president; Norihiro
Mashima, director of finance, executive
officer,
Dai Nippon Toryo
Osaka, Japan
www.dnt.co.jp29