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Coatings World’s ranking is based on annual sales of paint, coatings, adhesives and sealants.
November 19, 2009
By: Tim Wright
Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma
Coatings World’s ranking is based on 2008 annual sales of paint, coatings, adhesives and sealants. For companies based outside the U.S. sales are converted into U.S. dollars using the average currency exchange rate for the company’s fiscal year/reporting period. For the complete report visit nitesh_cw.rodpub.com. 1. AkzoNobel (The Netherlands) $14.124 billion 2. PPG (USA) $10.935 billion 3. Henkel (Germany) $9.849 billion 4. Sherwin-Williams (USA) $6.521 billion 5. DuPont (USA) $4.3 billion 6. BASF (Germany) $3.729 billion 7. RPM (USA) $3.643 billion 8. Valspar (USA) $3.168 billion 9. Sika (Switzerland) $2.356 billion 10. Kansai Paint (Japan) $2.299 billion 11. Nippon Paint (Japan) $2.276 billion 12. 3M (USA) $2.2 billion 13. Jotun (Norway) $1.87 billion 14. DAW (Germany) $1.471 billion 15. Masco (USA) $1.440 billion 16. Comex (Mexico) $1.400 billion 17. H.B. Fuller (USA) $1.391 billion 18. Hempel (Denmark) $1.347 billion 19. Beckers (Sweden) $1.316 billion 20. Asian Paints (India) $1.062 billion 21. Bredero Shaw (Canada) $1.053 billion 22. Chugoku Marine Paints (Japan) $1.036 billion 23. Tikkurila (Finland) $953 million 24. Benjamin Moore (USA) $835 million 25. Dai Nippon Toryo (Japan) $802 million 26. Brillux (Germany) $662 million 27. SK Kaken (Japan) $625 million 28. Forbo (Switzerland) $606 million 29. Orica (Australia) $555 million 30. Helios (Slovenia) $520 million 31. Fujikura Kasei (Japan) $500 million 32. Arch Chemicals (USA) $463 million 33. Freeworld Coatings (South Africa) $364 million 34. Wattyl (Australia) $359 million 35. Berger Paints (India) $352 million 36. Teknos Group Oy (Finland) $346 million 37. Cloverdale Paint (Canada) $340 million 38. Rohm and Haas (USA) $330 million 39. Dunn-Edwards (USA) $329 million 40. National Paints (Jordan) $328 million 41. JW Ostendorf (Germany) $320 million 42. CIN (Portugal) $319 million 43. Dyrup (Denmark) $316 million 44. Altana (Germany) $315 million 45. Samwha Paints (South Korea) $303 million 46. Kelly-Moore (USA) $281 million 46. Flugger (Denmark) $281 million 47. Musashi Paint (Japan) $280 million 48. Tiger Coatings (Austria) $250 million 49. TOA (Thailand) $227 million 50. Industrias Titan (Spain) $223 million 51. Noroo Paint (South Korea) $220 million 51. Shinto Paint (Japan) $220 million 52. Rock Paint (Japan) $219 million 53. Korea Chemical Co. (South Korea) $211 million 54. Yasar (Turkey) $200 million 55. Shanghai Coatings (China) $197 million 55. Renner Sayerlack (Brazil) $197 million 56. FLH Group (Switzerland) $190 million 57. Yung Chi (Taiwan) $189 million 58. Boero Group (Italy) $186 million 59. Kunsul (South Korea) $183 million 59. Boysen Paints (Phillipines) $183 million 60. Grebe Group (Germany) $178 million 61. Tambour (Israel) $170 million 62. ICA Group (Italy) $154 million 63. Inver SpA (Italy) $153 million 64. Tohpe (Japan) $152 million 65. Diamond Vogel Paints (USA) $145 million 66. Empils (Russia) $141 million 67. Ace Paint (USA) $140 million 68. Russian Coatings (Russia) $136 million 69. Chokwang (South Korea) $130 million 70. SSCP (South Korea) $123 million 71. Propan Raya (Indonesia) $120 million 72. Tnemec (USA) $116 million 73. Spraylat (USA) $114 million
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