17. SK Kaken
Ibaraki-City, Japan
www.sk-kaken.co.jp
PUBLIC COMPANY; YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1955
REVENUE: $846 million s (2015: $752 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, chairman; Mitsuhiro Fujii, president; and Masahide Sakamoto, senior
managing director.
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. According to the
Japan Building Coating Materials Association (2015), SKK provides
53 percent of building coating materials in Japan. The company has
approximately 1,782 employees. SK Kaken was founded in 1955
and is headquartered in Ibaraki-City, Japan.
18. Benjamin Moore
Montvale, New Jersey/USA
benjaminmoore.com
PRIVATE COMPANY; YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1883
REVENUE: $841 million s (2015: $805 million)
MARKETS SERVED
Architectural coatings; Wood coatings
KE Y EXECUTIVES
Michael Searles, CEO; 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.
Benjamin Moore is a leading formulator, manufacturer and retailer of a broad range of architectural coatings. The com- pany offers ready-mixed colors, sold under such brands as
Benjamin Moore Paints, Moorcraft and Coronado Paint and can
match almost any shade with more than 3,400 colors. The company
recently launched CENTURY, an innovative paint that comes in a
curated collection of 75 colors that are brought to life with the first
Soft Touch Matte finish. This ultra-premium paint is made in small
batches that are pre-mixed and sealed. CENTURY is available in a
palette of 75 colors, ranging from mid-tone to dark shades, intended
to enrich the color collection of interior designers.
Ultra-premium Century brand is made in small pre-mixed batches.
SKK Exhibits at Eco Expo Asia 2016
SK Kaken Co. Ltd. displayed a wide range of green building materials at the Eco Expo Asia 2016. Their offerings included granite-like
prefabricated sheets called Granipierre, marble-like prefabricated
panels named Jewelry Series and Woody Smile, anewly modified
wood-toned prefabricated material.
Michelle Tsang, general manager of the Hong Kong Branch Of-
fice, said: “We hope to promote to industry players and experts
our self-developed eco-friendly building materials and technologies
through this annual event.”
Asia’s green trading platform, Eco Expo Asia, took place at the
Hong Kong’s Asia World-Expo October 2016. The expo is organized
by Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd and the Hong Kong Trade Development
Council, and co-organised by the Environment Bureau of the Gov-
ernment of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The event
aims to provide in-demand green solutions for international gov-
ernments, industry players and individuals to help tackle growing
environmental challenges.
