08.17.10
19 Beckers
Hoganas, Sweden
www.becker.se
PRIVATE COMPANY
COATINGS REVENUES: $1.075 billion
TOTAL REVENUES: $1.075 billion
SEGMENT BREAKDOWN
Industrial Coatings: 80%
Art Materials: 20%
KEY PEOPLE
Jenny Linden Urnes, chairman; Erik Urnes, CEO; Mats Hansson, CFO; Ralph Kabalo, business area manager, Becker Industrial Coatings; Kaj Brandt; business area manager, Becker Acroma; Thomas Brautigam, business area manager, ColArt.
Beckers is wholly owned by Lindéngruppen AB and develops, produces and markets customized, environmentally adapted solutions for pre-coated coil and industrial equipment, special design finishes for consumer electronic devices, and wood finishes for the wood industry. Beckers’ ColArt division develops, produces and markets art materials. Operations are divided into three business areas. Group revenue in 2009 amounted to $1.075 billion.
Becker Industrial Coatings is the European market leader in coil coating, used to precoat steel and aluminium for subsequent forming without damage to the finish. It is also a major supplier of industrial finishing systems for metals and plastics.
Becker Acroma develops, produces and markets customized, environmentally adapted solutions for the global wood finishing industry.
ColArt produces and markets many of the world’s top brands of fine art materials; and helps artists, school children, hobbyists and all others interested in arts and crafts around the world give color to their creativity. In 2009, Beckers Industrial Coatings Holdings AB and MatOx Oy have entered into a three-year research and development collaboration. Under the terms of this agreement, MatOx will use computational approaches to design new and unique coatings products with controllable functionality, which Beckers will have the option to bring to market. MatOx, the wholly owned Finnish subsidiary of UK-based MatOx Ltd., will work with academic staff at Helsinki University of Technology to develop and apply computational modeling and simulation in the design of new materials. MatOx will be focusing on several projects directly related to “smart” coatings, such as self-cleaning behavior or physical properties that change in response to external stimuli.
Hoganas, Sweden
www.becker.se
PRIVATE COMPANY
COATINGS REVENUES: $1.075 billion
TOTAL REVENUES: $1.075 billion
SEGMENT BREAKDOWN
Industrial Coatings: 80%
Art Materials: 20%
KEY PEOPLE
Jenny Linden Urnes, chairman; Erik Urnes, CEO; Mats Hansson, CFO; Ralph Kabalo, business area manager, Becker Industrial Coatings; Kaj Brandt; business area manager, Becker Acroma; Thomas Brautigam, business area manager, ColArt.
Beckers is wholly owned by Lindéngruppen AB and develops, produces and markets customized, environmentally adapted solutions for pre-coated coil and industrial equipment, special design finishes for consumer electronic devices, and wood finishes for the wood industry. Beckers’ ColArt division develops, produces and markets art materials. Operations are divided into three business areas. Group revenue in 2009 amounted to $1.075 billion.
Becker Industrial Coatings is the European market leader in coil coating, used to precoat steel and aluminium for subsequent forming without damage to the finish. It is also a major supplier of industrial finishing systems for metals and plastics.
Becker Acroma develops, produces and markets customized, environmentally adapted solutions for the global wood finishing industry.
ColArt produces and markets many of the world’s top brands of fine art materials; and helps artists, school children, hobbyists and all others interested in arts and crafts around the world give color to their creativity. In 2009, Beckers Industrial Coatings Holdings AB and MatOx Oy have entered into a three-year research and development collaboration. Under the terms of this agreement, MatOx will use computational approaches to design new and unique coatings products with controllable functionality, which Beckers will have the option to bring to market. MatOx, the wholly owned Finnish subsidiary of UK-based MatOx Ltd., will work with academic staff at Helsinki University of Technology to develop and apply computational modeling and simulation in the design of new materials. MatOx will be focusing on several projects directly related to “smart” coatings, such as self-cleaning behavior or physical properties that change in response to external stimuli.
