Ober-Ramstadt, Germany
www.caparol.de
PRIVATE COMPANY; YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1895
REVENUE: $1.33 million* (2022 $1.4 billion)
MARKETS SERVED:
Architectural coatings
KEY EXECUTIVES:
Ralf Murjahn, CEO; Steffen Heiko Fische, executive management team; Dr. Jörg Leuninger executive board member, innovation and business fields; Dr. Thomas Späth, managing director; Daniel Weber; chief supply chain officer.
The parent company of the Caparol Group is the Deutsche Amphibolin-Werke von Robert Murjahn Stiftung & Co. KG (DAW).
Since 1895, DAW has developed, produced and sold innovative coating systems. As an independent family company in its fifth generation, DAW has continued to grow to become the third-largest manufacturer of building paints in Europe and is the market leader in Germany, Austria and Turkey. DAW has approximately 5,600 employees.
Caparol is the leading brand within the DAW Group. The marketing activities are subdivided into six strategic business units. In the professional business unit, high-quality paints, enamels, glazes, chemical building products and materials for facades and insulation technology are marketed under the brands Caparol, Alligator and Alsecco for professional users.
The building protection sector is covered by the brand DISBON, and with LITHODECOR DAW SE, serves the business field of curtain-wall, back-ventilated facades in glass or natural stone. Under the brand KRAUTOL, a practically oriented range of products in paints and enamels is sold, mainly through building materials suppliers. INTHERMO is the company’s specialist for sustainable insulating materials based on wood fiber.
In Germany, Caparol is the leader in the field of building paints. The company offers high quality paints, enamels, glazes and plasters for inside and outside use. In addition, the company offers energy-saving thermal insulation composite systems (ETICS), acoustic systems and building protection products, floor coatings as well as products for corrosion protection and concrete repairs.
Nano360 is a product of the Caparol brand that claims to result in energy savings of up to 5% and 22% cost savings over the lifetime of a building structure. According to the company, Nano360 offers excellent dirt pick-up resistance, outstanding color retention, enhanced TSR (total solar reflectance), increased durability and longer protection.
