VALSPAR

Company Overview

The Valspar Corp., headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., is one of the largest global coating manufacturers in the world, providing coatings and coating intermediates to a wide variety of customers. Since 1806, Valspar has been dedicated to bringing customers the latest innovations, the finest quality and the best customer service in the coatings industry. The company’s products include:

• Paints, varnishes and stains for the do-it-yourself and professional markets.
• Coatings and inks for rigid packaging, particularly food and beverage cans.
• Factory-applied coatings for industrial customers and original equipment manufacturers.
• Automotive refinishing and specialty coatings.
• Polymers and dispersions for paint and coating manufacturers and more.
• Interior protective coatings and external basecoats and over-varnishes with highest abrasion resistance for aluminum mono-bloc aerosol cans and bottle cans.
• Basecoats and internal protective coatings for aluminum collapsible tubes.
• Matte, soft-feel and other special-effect coatings for plastic and glass containers for the cosmetic industry.
• UV varnishes, water-based varnishes and laminating adhesives for the graphic arts market.
• Primers, coatings and varnishes for industrial coils on steel, HDG (hot dip galvanized) and aluminum for the building industry.

The paint segment includes a wide variety of products such as paints, primers, topcoats and aerosol spray paints sold primarily through retailers and distribution networks. It sells branded and other products in the paint segment, including Valspar, Cabot, Huarun, DeBeer and House of Kolor. This segment includes architectural and automotive refinishing product lines. 

The coating segment includes a broad range of decorative and protective coatings for metal, wood and plastic, primarily for sale to original equipment manufacturing (OEM) customers. Products within the coatings segment include primers, topcoats, varnishes, inks, sprays, stains, fillers and other coatings used by customers in a wide range of manufacturing industries, including building products, appliances, furniture, transportation, agricultural and construction equipment, metal packaging and metal fabrication. Valspar utilizes a wide variety of coatings technologies to meet its customers’ coatings requirements, including electrodeposition, powder, solvent-based, waterborne and UV light-cured coatings. This segment includes the packaging product line and three industrial product lines: coil, general industrial and wood. The performance of its global packaging product line helped to mitigate the impact of lower revenues in its industrial product lines. 

Valspar opened a research and development center in Shunde, China. The Valspar Applied Science and Technology Center will employ more than 200 scientists to support the continued growth of Valspar in Asia-Pacific and Valspar’s research and development on a global basis. Nearly half of the sales in the Asia-Pacific region are in China, where Valspar currently has five manufacturing facilities. Valspar produces and sells high-quality coatings for numerous end markets in China, including consumer paints, food and beverage packaging, shipping containers, furniture, building products and agricultural and construction equipment. 

Valspar Automotive introduced the latest addition to its waterborne refinishing product platform with the DeBeer WaterBase 900+ series. This new system features 13 additional mixing colors that have higher coverage and require fewer undercoats than the current system, providing increased productivity and cost savings to the body shop while meeting global VOC-compliance regulations. Valspar Paint has rolled out Valspar+, certified as asthma and allergy friendly by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA). Valspar+ reduces airborne irritants during painting, improving the painting process for those with respiratory sensitivities.

Company's Business Segments

• Product : Interior Paints and Primers, Exterior Paints and Primers, Exterior Wood Stains, Concrete Stains and Sealers, Tools and Supplies, Others
• Services : Color Consultation, Paint Calculator, Others