Coatings World - July 2017

67. Tohpe
Sakai City, Japan
www.tohpe.co.jp

PUBLIC COMPANY; YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1915
REVENUE: $181,000 million
MARKETS SERVED

Onshore coatings; Marine coatings; Automotive coatings; Decorative coatings; Adhesives

KEY EXECUTIVES

Hiroyuki Shiaku, president and representative director; Nobuo Matsuki, GM of technology

& director; Kunihiko Morishita, general manager of administration and director; Kazutami Kato, vice president and director; Seiji Ishii, general manager of production and director.

Tohpe Corporation is a Japan-based manufacturer that sup- plies paints and other chemical products. Its paints include synthetic resin paints, lacquers, water-based paints, oil-based paints and thinners. The company’s chemical products include synthetic resin adhesive processing agents and synthetic rubber. Additionally, it is involved in the paint related construction activities. The company has 12 subsidiaries and five associated companies. Its offers architectural coatings, exterior paints, steel coatings, concrete protective coatings, marine paints, industrial paints and road paints.

In addition, it involves in exterior painting contract and building construction works, as well as in the sale of paint-related equipment. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Sakai City, Japan.

68. Diamond Vogel
Orange City, IA, USA
www.diamonvogel.com

PRIVATE COMPANY; YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1926
REVENUE: $175 million
MARKETS SERVED:

Architectural coatings; Industrial coatings; Heavy duty coatings; Traffic coatings;

Wood finishes

KEY EXECUTIVE: Drew Vogel, president.

Diamond Vogel Paints is a family-owned, Midwestern-based paint manufacturer and retailer established in 1926 and headquartered in Orange City, Iowa. The company operates seven manufacturing facilities and more than 80 service center outlets. Diamond Vogel is a provider of liquid and powder coatings for industrial OEM applications, architectural paints for commercial and homeowner applications, and heavy-duty protective coatings for industrial maintenance applications. Diamond Vogel’s Acryl Prime Interior 100% acrylic primer-sealer is a premium quality interior latex primer/sealer that offers excellent hold out for both latex and oil topcoats. It also has better alkaline resistance than conventional vinyl acrylic primers, according to the company.

69. Kikusui Chemical
Nagoya, Japan
www.kikusui-chem.jp

PUBLIC COMPANY; YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1959
REVENUE: $175,310 million
MARKET SERVED: Architectural coatings
KE Y EXECUTIVES

Hitoshi Yamaguchi, president, president of subsidiary, representative director; Takeshi Nagai, director of industrial paint business, director of overseas business, chairman of subsidiary, director; Hiroyuki Imaida, managing director, chief director of housing business; Akiyoshi Nakagami, managing director; Shuichi Anan, deputy chief director of general-purpose paint business, director; Makoto Furukawa, deputy chief director of housing business, director; Nobuhiko Inaba, chief director of administration, director; Izumi Takada, director; Masao Toyama, director; Kenji Yamamoto, independent director.

Kikusui Chemical Industries Co. Ltd. engages in the produc- tion and sale of architectural coatings, specialty functional materials, construction materials, and civil engineering materials. The company offers ceramics, building materials, paints and crushed natural decorative material sheets. In addition, it involves in the manufacture and sale of machinery and equipment. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan. Under the slogan, “Work in Harmony with Nature, Work for the Benefit of People,” Kikusui manufactures water-based and organic-solvent-free architectural paints and uses its own methods to minimize drainage and waste generated during the production process. In addition, the company deals with natural paints from Germany and allergy-free paints from Sweden.

70. RAR Holding
Dubai, UAE
www.rarholding.com

PRIVATE COMPANY; YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1970
REVENUE: $167 million
MARKETS SERVED

Wood coatings; Industrial and protective coatings; Decorative coatings; Powder coatings

KE Y EXECUTIVES

Rabih Reiady, chairman and CEO; Richards Sumners, vice chairman and group general manager; Wissam El Kassis, chief operating officer; Tony Tebrechany, chief audit executive;

Michel Germanos, chief financial officer; Claudio Magagnoli, technical director.

RAR Holdings is one of the largest coatings manufacturers in the Middle East, with a company headcount of 580. The company has factories throughout the Middle East, Africa and Europe. The focus of the company is in the in the Middle East where most of the manufacturing and sales are made. Recent acquisitions include Citver Paints, wood coatings for the Citver Brand; Vernici Egidio Milesi, wood coatings with the Vernici Egidio Milesi brand; and Silva Vernici, wood coatings with the Silva Vernici brand. Approximately 58 percent of the company’s sales is focused in wood coatings. One quarter of sales is in general industrial and industrial maintenance and 17 percent is in architectural and decorative.