07.01.14
12 Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.
Osaka, Japan
www.nipponpaint.com
PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1881
REVENUE: $2.29 billion t (2012: $2.30 billion)
MARKETS SERVED
• Automotive coatings • Industrial coatings • Decorative coatings • Marine and protective coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Kenji Sakai, president, representative director; Yoshio Andou, senior vice president, general manager of trade use paint division and executive director; Ryoichi Baba, senior vice president, representative director; Kiyohiko Chijiiwa, executive vice president and director; Kanji Nishijima, vice president.
Nippon Paint manufactures all types of paints and coatings including those for automobiles, construction, architecture, steel structures, ships, metal, electrical equipment, machinery, roadways and household appliances among others. Nippon Paint is one of the largest paint manufacturers in Asia and has 33 manufacturing plants and produces more than one million tons of paint and coatings annually.
In Asia, all Nippon Paint offices are managed by the Nipsea Group. Nipsea Group manufactures and sells Nippon Paint products in 15 Asian countries. Overall, the company generates close to 1 billion liters of paints and coats annually.
Japan’s Nippon Paints is entering the decorative paint market in the Philippines to cash in on the country’s booming economy. Nippon Paint (M) Sdn Bhd Group general manager Gladys Goh Kaye Jen said the Philippine paint and coatings market is approximately $760 million, 65 percent of which is made up of the decorative or architectural paints segment.
Nippon Paints has been in the Philippines since the 1970s, catering mostly to the industrial market by producing coatings for motorcycle, automotive and marine/shipbuilding industries. This segment of the company has been growing in the country by 10 to 15 percent annually.
The paint-maker, which has a presence in 15 countries and employs 15,000 workers across Asia, had been absent in the biggest money-maker for paint makers in the Philippines until the launch of Nippon decorative paints.
Osaka, Japan
www.nipponpaint.com
PUBLIC COMPANY
YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1881
REVENUE: $2.29 billion t (2012: $2.30 billion)
MARKETS SERVED
• Automotive coatings • Industrial coatings • Decorative coatings • Marine and protective coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES
Kenji Sakai, president, representative director; Yoshio Andou, senior vice president, general manager of trade use paint division and executive director; Ryoichi Baba, senior vice president, representative director; Kiyohiko Chijiiwa, executive vice president and director; Kanji Nishijima, vice president.
Nippon Paint manufactures all types of paints and coatings including those for automobiles, construction, architecture, steel structures, ships, metal, electrical equipment, machinery, roadways and household appliances among others. Nippon Paint is one of the largest paint manufacturers in Asia and has 33 manufacturing plants and produces more than one million tons of paint and coatings annually.
In Asia, all Nippon Paint offices are managed by the Nipsea Group. Nipsea Group manufactures and sells Nippon Paint products in 15 Asian countries. Overall, the company generates close to 1 billion liters of paints and coats annually.
Japan’s Nippon Paints is entering the decorative paint market in the Philippines to cash in on the country’s booming economy. Nippon Paint (M) Sdn Bhd Group general manager Gladys Goh Kaye Jen said the Philippine paint and coatings market is approximately $760 million, 65 percent of which is made up of the decorative or architectural paints segment.
Nippon Paints has been in the Philippines since the 1970s, catering mostly to the industrial market by producing coatings for motorcycle, automotive and marine/shipbuilding industries. This segment of the company has been growing in the country by 10 to 15 percent annually.
The paint-maker, which has a presence in 15 countries and employs 15,000 workers across Asia, had been absent in the biggest money-maker for paint makers in the Philippines until the launch of Nippon decorative paints.