Essenbach, Germany
www.mipa-paints.com/en/welcome/
PRIVATE COMPANY; YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1948
REVENUE: $260 million*
MARKETS SERVED:
Automotive refinish coatings, Decorative coatings, Industrial coatings and Wood coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES:
Berndt Fritzsche, chairman; Markus Fritzsche, managing director; Rudolf Grenier, director; Mark Zattler, director.
Founded in 1948 as Paul Mittermayer GmbH, family-owned MIPA SE is a leader in automotive refinish, architectural, industrial and wood coatings. In 2023, the company celebrated its 75th anniversary. MIPA has seven manufacturing facilities and 1,500 employees, with MIPA products sold and processed in more than 100 countries around the world.
In February 2024, MIPA SE took over the industrial coatings division of HAERING GmbH from Unterheinriet as of April 1, 2024. Two foreign subsidiaries were also included: HAERING Polska sp. z o.o. near Bydgoszcz, Poland and HAERING s.r.o. in Brno, Czech Republic. Production will be relocated to MIPA Group sites.