Schwaz, Austria
www.adler-lacke.com
PRIVATE COMPANY; YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1934
REVENUE: $178 million
MARKETS SERVED:
Architectural/decorative coatings, Wood coatings
KEY EXECUTIVE:
Curt Christian Dold, president; Marc Zullig, CEO; Andrea Berghofer, managing director; Bernd Pichler, director of sales and marketing.
Austria’s leading manufacturer of varnishes, paints and wood preservatives, ADLER-Werk Lackfabrik is in its third generation of family ownership, with Andrea Berghofer serving as managing director. ADLER-Werk enjoyed growth more than 3% growth last year, with revenue of €165 million ($178 million). The company has 730 employees.
ADLER-Werk is best known for its waterborne products, which make up 67% of its production. Its best-known brands include Aviva, its interior paint line, and Pullex for wood coatings.
The company reports that it produced 21,000 tons of paints and coatings last year, and that 71% of its sales came from exports. Besides its domestic sales, ADLER-Werk exports its paints to Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Netherlands, Scandinavia, France, Spain, Great Britain, Ukraine, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Israel.
With the "Factory of the Future" expansion and modernisation project, ADLER is investing in its founding location in Schwaz, which will remain ADLER's only production plant in the future. In the first construction phase, a modern raw materials logistics system will be built with a central, fully automated high-bay warehouse and connected pre-commissioning.
