Coatings World - July 2017

24. Dai Nippon Toryo
Osaka, Japan
www.dnt.co.jp

PUBLIC COMPANY; YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1929

REVENUE: $659 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 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.

25. Tikkurila Oyi
Vantaa, Finland
www.tikkurila.com

PUBLIC COMPANY; YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1892

REVENUE: $639 million
MARKETS SERVED: Decorative coatings
KE Y EXECUTIVES

Erkki Jarvinen, president and CEO; Jukka Havia, CFO; Petri Miettinen, VP, supply chain and HSEQ; Anna-Lena Hogfeldt, VP, group marketing; Kenneth Sundberg, VP, R&D; Janno Paju, VP, East.

Tikkurila Oyj is a Finnish manufacturer of paints and lac- quers. Tikkurila is the market leader in decorative paints in Russia, Sweden, Finland and the Baltic countries. Russia, Sweden, Finland and Poland account for 80 percent of the Group’s revenue. Tikkurila is one of the key partners of the Finnish pavilion at the 2017 World Expo which will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan June 10 - September 10. At the expo, Tikkurila will promote its sustainable solutions for energy efficiency and a more sustainable living. All the interior and exterior surfaces of the Finnish pavilion will be painted with Tikkurila’s surface treatment solutions.

Tikkurila has had operations in Kazakhstan since 2006, and the company is present in all Central Asian countries. Tikkurila, which is the market leader in Kazakhstan in premium products, was the