Kansai Paint(America),Inc.
1918-05-17
Japan
Manufacture and sales of all types of paints
Design, manufacture, and sales of coating equipment
Control and undertaking of painting works
Design of colour schemes
Manufacture and sales of products in the biotechnology and electronics fields
28th Floor, OSAKA UMEDA TWINTOWERS SOUTH, 1-13-1 Umeda, kita-ku, Osaka, 530-0001, JAPAN
MORI Kunishi, President
25,658 JPY
1,536 people
16,739 people

28 entries
DateDescription
1987-02 Kansai Paint (America), Inc. (USA) established
1996-10 Acquired shares in Sime Kansai Paints Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)
1997-06 First corporate pamphlet on global environmental initiatives published
1998-04 Kanpe Auto Refinishing Center (ARC) West Japan opened at Amagasaki Office
1999-09 Sonne LDI adopted for use in plasma displays
2000-01 Developed Japan's first waterborne basecoat for automotive refinishing
2001-10 Nichiyu Kansai Marine Coatings Co., Ltd. established as joint venture (now Kansai Paint Marine Co., Ltd.)
2002-04 Kansai Paint Philippines, Inc. established
2004-11 PPG Kansai Automotive Finishes (PKAF) established as joint venture with PPG in North America and Europe
2006-02 Funds invested to establish Cosco Kansai Paint & Chemicals (Zhuhai) Co., Ltd.
2007-10 Acquired shares in Akzo-Nobel Endustri ve Otomobil (Turkey) (now Kansai Altan Boya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.)
2008-02 Head Office relocated to Chuo-ku, Osaka
2010-01 Established Kanpe Ako Co., Ltd. in Ako, Hyogo Prefecture
2011-04 Acquired shares in Freeworld Coatings (South Africa), making it a subsidiary (now Kansai Plascon Africa Ltd.)
2012-04 Made Kansai Paint Sales Co., Ltd. a wholly-owned subsidiary
2013-04 Kanpe Color Center Kashiwa opened in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture
2014-04 Kanpe Color Center Amagasaki opened
2015-01 Kuboko Paint establishes Japan Powder Coating Manufacturing Co., Ltd. with Dai Nippon Toryo
2016-02 Ales Mushiyoke Clean insect-repellent coating wins top Nikkei Business Daily prize
2017-01 Acquired shares in the Sadolin Group, a coatings manufacturer in the East African Community (now Kansai Plascon East Africa Ltd.)
2018-05 Centenary of Company founding
2018-10 Kansai Paint Group integrated corporate brand introduced
2020-10 Demonstrated how plaster coating deactivates COVID-19 (SARS- CoV-2)
2022-04 Shares transferred from the First Section to the Prime Market in reorganization of the Tokyo Stock Exchange market classifications
2022-12 Powder coatings business reorganized; Kuboko Paint establishes new company KANSAI Powder Coatings Co., Ltd.
2023-02 European subsidiary Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH acquires CWS Group in the powder coatings and synthetic resins business
2023-12 Head Office relocated to Umeda and Shin-Osaka, Osaka-city.
2024-05 European subsidiary Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH acquires WEILBURGER, an industrial coatings manufacturer.
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