Markets Served: Industrial coatings, Coil coatings, Consumer design finishes

The Beckers Group is a leading worldwide supplier of industrial coatings and the global market leader in coil coatings. Coil coatings comprises 87% of sales and industrial coatings is 13%. Beckers is focused on developing sustainable coatings – its vision is to become the most sustainable industrial coatings company in the world. The organization is global, ensuring fast service to customers from 23 locations in 17 countries with approximately 1,800 employees worldwide.

Beckers Inaugurates FutureLab – New Coil Coating Sustainable Innovation Center in the UK

Beckers Group announced the grand opening of the FutureLab in Liverpool, UK. This facility will drive the development of the next generation of coil coatings. The new building effectively doubles the capacity of Beckers’ long-term development department, enhancing the company’s ability to make more sustainable coatings.

FutureLab features several new pieces of equipment that will be key for future developments, such as the enhancement of UV/EB coatings. Cutting-edge sustainability features have been incorporated into its design and build, including Beckers’ own thermal-control coating on the roof that reduces the amount of energy needed to heat the building, an active carbon filtration system on a VOC exhaust chimney and heat pumps to reduce CO₂ emissions related to heating.

Furthermore, a customized experience room is ready to welcome all customers and partners who are keen on collaborating with Beckers on future developments. These features not only enhance the functionality and efficiency of the FutureLab but also align with Beckers’ commitment to pioneering positive impact and innovation in the industry.

The center aims to act as a hub for creativity, collaboration, and cutting-edge research, while contributing to society by promoting education and local job opportunities.

“FutureLab represents a significant leap forward in our commitment to innovation and sustainability,” said Gavin Bown, CTO. “This state-of-the-art facility embodies our dedication to pioneering new technologies and sustainable practices that will lead the coatings industry into a brighter, more responsible future. I am thrilled to inaugurate FutureLab and excited for the groundbreaking work that will emerge from here.”

FutureLab was inaugurated at a full-day event on Sept. 26, 2024 by Jenny Lindén Urnes, the owner of Lindéngruppen, and Fabio Pedrazzi, the CEO of Lindéngruppen. The event featured presentations, tours of the new facility, and discussions on the future of sustainable innovation at Beckers.

Markets Served: Industrial coatings, Coil coatings, Consumer design finishes

The Beckers Group is a leading worldwide supplier of industrial coatings and the global market leader in coil coatings. Coil coatings comprises 87% of sales and industrial coatings is 13%. Beckers is focused on developing sustainable coatings – its vision is to become the most sustainable industrial coatings company in the world. The organization is global, ensuring fast service to customers from 23 locations in 18 countries with approximately 1,669 employees worldwide.

Beckers Group Reveals Leadership Changes to Drive its Strategic Ambition

Beckers Group recently announced a strategic change of its regions and leadership to bolster the ambitions of its Green Lights Strategy.

New regional structure and leadership:

• Eric Fouissac is appointed as president for Asia & Middle East (AME), succeeding Paul Menezes
• Pia Götze becomes president of the new Europe & Africa region.
• Jared Ireland steps up as senior vice president for the newly formed Americas region.

The restructuring reflects Beckers’ commitment to global growth and operational excellence. The changes are effective from July 1, 2024, and all three leaders will report directly to Beckers’ CEO Christophe Sabas.

In March 2024, Beckers launched its restated purpose and vision to support the ambitious goals of its Green Lights strategy with the vision of raising the standard of care for our world. The strategic change in the organization is the next step on this journey as Beckers adapts its regional structure to realize its growth potential globally.

The new structure aims to capitalize on business development opportunities, particularly in sustainability and market share growth across its Coil and Industrial Coatings businesses. The leadership updates are expected to drive innovation and profitability – to ensure Beckers’ continued market leadership in Coil Coatings.

Markets Served: Industrial coatings, Coil coatings, Consumer design finishes

The Beckers Group is a leading worldwide supplier of industrial coatings and the global market leader in coil coatings. Beckers is focused on developing sustainable coatings – its vision is to become the most sustainable industrial coatings company in the world. The organization is global, ensuring fast service to customers from 23 locations in 18 countries with approximately 1,740 employees worldwide.

Beckers Group is building a new Sustainable Innovation Center in the UK to help to unlock the potential of more sustainable coil coating technologies such as ultraviolet/electron beam (UVEB) curing.

The two-story 300 square meter innovation center will double the capacity of Beckers’ Long Term Development (LTD) R&D team that is working to develop future coil coating capabilities. The new SEK 20.5 million building next door to Beckers’ existing LTD facility in Liverpool will break ground in March 2023 and should be complete at the end of the year.

The aim is for the center to become a flagship for sustainable innovation to drive sustainable coil coating R&D. The innovation center is designed to develop both application technologies and coating formulations that are more sustainable.

The innovation center will also be a living showcase for the latest in more sustainable coating solutions. The walls and roof of the building will use a cladding system that utilizes a partially bio-resin coating developed by Beckers for improved material sustainability. The coating applied to the roof will also use Beckry®Therm technology to improve thermal control in the building to reduce the energy required for air conditioning and increase the service life of the cladding system.

The coatings used for the building will also be sourced and manufactured as sustainably as possible.

One more sustainable coil coating technology that the center will specialize in from the beginning is UV/EB curing. Beckers Group has adapted the use of UV/EB curing technology for the coil coating industry and developed the necessary paint formulations since 2005.

Markets Served: Industrial coatings, Coil coatings, Consumer design finishesOO and Gavin Brown, CTO.

The Beckers Group is a leading worldwide supplier of industrial coatings and the global market leader in coil coatings. Beckers is focused on developing sustainable coatings – its vision is to become the most sustainable industrial coatings company in the world. The organization is global, ensuring fast service to customers from 23 locations in 18 countries with worldwide approximately 1,740 employees.

Becker’s recently launched BeckryCore Core Plate Varnish (CPV), which helps the e-mobility industry by enabling electric motor innovation and efficiency, contributing to a low-carbon society.

Electric motors have laminated cores that are made up of thin laminations of electrical steel. These laminations are coated on both sides to insulate them, which reduces magnetic losses. The coatings must also be heat resistant.

BeckryCore is a waterborne CPV that builds on the company’s extensive experience in coil coating applications and strengthens its position as a leader in sustainable coatings. It not only allows thinner coatings than other products on the market, but it also enhances electrical motor efficiency by reducing power losses in the core laminates and improving magnetic properties.

Another advantage is that BeckryCore ensures excellent stamping performance, which means it doesn’t wear out the stamping tools or create dust during manufacturing compared with other coatings. The CPV is produced in Sweden and is available globally to electrical steel producers and ultimately electrical motor manufacturers. Beckers provides local support in all markets with our own factory trained experts.

BeckryCore is the outcome of collaboration between Beckers Sweden, Beckers’ central Long-Term R&D unit (LTD), customers and most major electrical steel companies. It is approaching customers that coat electrical steel, including electric steel companies with their own coating line and companies that specialize in coating electrical steel.

Markets Served: Industrial coatings, Coil coatings, Consumer design finishes

The Beckers Group is a leading worldwide supplier of industrial coatings and the global market leader in coil coatings. Beckers is focused on developing sustainable coatings – its vision is to become the most sustainable industrial coatings company in the world. The organization is global, ensuring fast service to customers from 23 locations in 18 countries with worldwide approximately 1,800 employees.

In November 2020, the Board of Directors appointed Christophe Sabas CEO of Beckers Group. He had been serving as interim CEO since June, after the resignation of Dr. Boris Gorella.

Sabas has been with Beckers for more than 20 years and part of the Management Team for 15 years. During the past ten years, he has led Beckers’ operations in Europe, the Americas and Africa. According to Paul Schrotti, chairman of Beckers Group, “Christophe has strong business acumen and a deep understanding and experience of Beckers’ business. He has successfully led the largest business area of the Group to a leading market position. The Board of Directors knows Christophe as a highly respected and knowledgeable leader with the ability to adapt to change. With his value-based leadership he will continue the journey to become the world’s most sustainable coatings company.”

Beckers launched its sustainability strategy, noting that COVID-19 has shown that everything can change in the blink of an eye.

Beckers believes that sustainable businesses are more resilient, better prepared for the future and that building a sustainable company now is more important than ever. Thus, the company has developed a clear roadmap for the next decade in the form of its 2030 Sustainability Strategy.

Markets Served: Industrial coatings, Coil coatings, Consumer design finishes

The Beckers Group is a leading worldwide supplier of industrial coatings and the global market leader in coil coatings. Beckers is focused on developing sustainable coatings – its vision is to become the most sustainable industrial coatings company in the world. The organization is global, ensuring fast service to customers from 24 locations in 18 countries with worldwide approximately 1,800 employees.

2019 Highlights

Beckers achieved the EcoVadis gold standard for the second time with an improved score. It also moved to new premises in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Beckers recently announced that it will increase prices for its main coil and industrial coatings product groups by up to eight percent globally. Increases will be implemented in the first quarter of 2020, or as permitted by contract. Beckers Group’s CEO Boris Gorella cited the need to counteract the effects of inflation as the key reason for the price increase.

Markets Served: Industrial coatings, Coil coatings, Consumer design finishes

Beckers is a privately-owned, global industrial coatings company with Swedish roots, providing products and services across many manufacturing sectors. The company employs 1,800 people and its operations currently span five continents in 19 countries and 24 sites.

Beckers Group was awarded a Gold rating by EcoVadis for the second consecutive year.

This certification, awarded by an independent third-party organization, recognizes companies for their outstanding Corporate Social Responsibility performance. The Gold Standard, the highest rating offered by EcoVadis, places Beckers Group in the top five percent of companies EcoVadis assessed globally in the category “Manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings”.

In October 2018, an internal cross-functional team conducted a global assessment of Beckers’ CSR performance, looking closely at four core fields: Environment, Ethics, Labour Practices & Human Rights, and Sustainable Procurement.

“Not only have we retained the gold rating at Group level, but we have also increased our overall score from 63 in 2017 to 65 in 2018,” said Nicklas Augustsson, global sustainability director at Beckers. “This result is a reflection of our focus and efforts in implementing robust ethical practices, while continuously improving on the three other themes.”

Markets Served: Industrial coatings, Coil coatings, Consumer design finishes

Beckers is a privately-owned, global industrial coatings company with Swedish roots, providing products and services across many manufacturing sectors. The company employs 1,800 people and its operations currently span five continents in 19 countries and 24 sites.

Beckers Group launched this year’s global trend collection for consumer electronics and lifestyle appliances. The portfolio, called “The Search,” offers consumer brand companies an opportunity to extensively explore Beckers’ latest colors, innovative technologies, and special tactile effects. The samples are presented in three main themes – Connect, Reflect and Visualize – and illustrate trends for 2019-20. The Beckers design team presents the collection to customers during roadshows in early spring.

“For our customers in the trend-driven and fast-changing consumer electronics and lifestyle appliance industry, the look and feel of their products are key differentiators,” said Christian Vogel, president, Industrial Coatings. “Beckers’ consumer finishes add significant value through creative and innovative surfaces.”

Markets Served: Industrial coatings, Coil coatings, Consumer design finishes

Beckers is a privately-owned, global industrial coatings company with Swedish roots, providing products and services across many manufacturing sectors. The company employs 1,800 people and its operations currently span five continents in 19 countries and at 24 sites. The company’s business line Consumer Design Finishes recently launched this year’s global trend collection for consumer electronics and lifestyle appliances. The portfolio, Layered Dimensions, offers consumer brand companies an opportunity to extensively explore Beckers’ latest colors, innovative technologies, and special effects. Layered Dimensions targets trends for 2018/19 and is presented during a roadshow this spring.

“In the trend-driven and fast-changing consumer electronics and lifestyle appliance markets, the look and feel of a product are key differentiators. Inspiring our customers every year with innovative visual and tactile effects is an integral part of our service offering,” said Christian Vogel, president Industrial Coatings at Beckers.

Markets Served: Industrial coatings, Coil coatings, Consumer design finishes

Beckers is a privately-owned, global industrial coatings company with Swedish roots, providing products and services across many manufacturing sectors. Operations currently span five continents in some 18 countries and at 22 sites. It aims to be the industry leader in strategically chosen segments and regions, to be highly regarded customers for dedication and professionalism and to be known as the most sustainable coatings company. In 2015 sales increased by 6 percent in Swedish Krona. The company opened sites in Indonesia, Turkey and Mexico in the past two years, as well as establishing a presence in Argentina. For 2016 the company reported that businesses are well on track to attain long-term strategic goals with a continued focus on European markets and attractive development regions.

Markets Served: Industrial coatings, Coil coatings, Consumer design finishes

Beckers Group is a privately-owned, global industrial coatings company with Swedish roots, providing quality products and services across many manufacturing sectors. The operations currently span five continents, in some 18 countries and 22 sites with a team of approximately 1,800 employees. Beckers began as a retail paint shop in Stockholm, Sweden. Over the years, through organic growth and critical acquisitions, Beckers has become a leading manufacturer of industrial coatings. The international organizational structure enables the company to coordinate globally, ensure universal product standards, and secure economies of scale. At the local level, each site has a production unit, an R&D lab, and a commercial  division. This blend of global and local in both management and market presence gives Beckers the ability to offer innovative products, partnership opportunities, and personalized services to the customers.

Markets Served: Coil coatings, Specialty coatings, Coatings for lifestyle appliances & electronic devices

Beckers Group recently won the Sustainable Innovation Award for its “Beckrytherm Solar and Thermal Control Technology” at the British Coatings Federation´s Award. The BeckryTherm technology is a coating system for exteriors using durable binders to deliver high reflectivity and high emissivity, together with an interior coating that delivers both insulation and very low emissivity within the building envelope. The economic benefits are significantly reduced costs for cooling/heating buildings and clearly there are significant benefits for sustainability viz reduced CO2 emissions and longer lived structures. The considerable work to optimise the chemistry and physics of the coating system was complemented by dynamic thermal modelling of typical building configurations in conjunction with a University partner.