14. DAW
(Deutsch AmphibolinWerke)
Ober-Ramstadt, Germany
www.caparol.de
PRIVATE COMPANY; YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1895
REVENUE: $1.45 billion t (2015: $1.53 billion)
MARKETS SERVED: Architectural coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Ralf Murjahn, CEO, Christoph Hahner, executive board member R&D.
The parent company of the Caparol Group is the Deutsche Amphibolin-Werke von Robert Murjahn Stiftung & Co. KG (DAW). Since 1895 DAW has developed, produced and sold
innovative coating systems. As an independent family company in
its fifth generation, DAW has continued to grow to become the third
largest manufacturer of building paints in Europe and is the market
leader in Germany, Austria and Turkey. DAW has approximately
5,600 employees.
The Caparol brand is the leading brand within the DAW Group.
The marketing activities are subdivided into six strategic business
units. In the professional business unit high quality paints, enamels,
glazes, chemical building products and materials for facades and
insulation technology are marketed under the brands Caparol, Alligator and Alsecco for professional users. The building protection
sector is covered by the brand DISBON and with LITHODECOR
DAW SE serves the business field of curtain-wall, back-ventilated
facades in glass or natural stone. Under the brand KRAUTOL a
practically orientated range of products in paints and enamels is
sold, mainly through building materials suppliers. The brand IN-THERMO is the company’s specialist for sustainable insulating
materials based on wood fiber.
The product range of the brand Alpina, which is active in the
DIY business unit, is mainly composed of environmentally friendly,
low-VOC, easily worked and high quality decorative paints, enamels and glazes and is aimed at the end-user.
The wholesale business unit comprises an extensive range of services for the professional paint wholesalers provided by the company Caparol Marketing Service (CMS).
The industrial business unit is supported by the company Caparol Industrial Solutions whose products and services are exclusively
orientated to the requirements of industrial customers.
Lastly, the Nerchau decorating and artist’s paints is located in
Saxony and produces high quality paints for educational, hobby and
artistic requirements.
15. Berger Paints India Ltd.
Kolkata, India
www.bergerpaints.com
PUBLIC COMPANY; YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1923
REVENUE: $933 million s (2015: $868 million)
MARKETS SERVED
Decorative coatings; Automotive coatings; Industrial coatings; Powder coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Abhijit Roy, managing director and CEO; Srijit Dasgupta, director – finance and
CFO; Aniruddha Sen, senior VP and company secretary; Tapan Dhar, vice president,
technical director.
Berger Paints India Limited was founded in 1923 and is a leader in the India paint market. The company manufactures and markets a range of decorative and industrial paint products and has operations throughout India with seven manufacturing
facilities, more than 135 depots, approximately 3,000 employees
and more than 15,000 dealers. Architectural/decorative coatings
comprise 83. 8 percent of sales, general industrial and automotive
comprise 8. 6 percent, protective coatings comprises 6.1 percent and
and powder is 1.5 percent of sales. Berger’s paint division related to
automotive coatings and related ancillaries was transferred to BNB
Coatings India Private Limited (now renamed Berger Nippon Paint
Automotive Coatings Private Limited), an existing joint venture between Bergen Paints and Nippon Paints Automotive Coatings
Berger Paints Completes Acquisition of Saboo
Coatings
Berger Paints India Ltd has completed the acquisition of specialty
coatings maker Saboo Coatings Pvt. Ltd. It acquired Saboo Coatings’ shares for $1.12 million, subject to closing adjustments for
variations in net debt and working capital.
Following the transaction, which was approved by the Berger
Paints board on May 30, Saboo Coatings is a fully-owned subsidiary
of Berger Paints. The acquisition of Saboo Coatings, which makes
specialty liquid coatings used in farm and construction equipment,
automobiles, fans, electronics, elevators, handicrafts and home furnishing, will boost Berger Paints’ industrial coatings business.
Berger Paints’ board also approved the acquisition of a 51 percent stake in Saboo-Hesse Wood Coatings Pvt. Ltd, which sells
acrylic wooden coating. The balance 49 percent in the subsidiary is
held by Hesse Shares GmbH of Germany.
