In June 2017, Sherwin-Williams officially acquired Valspar and consequently the Inver Group that had been part of the American company since 2013. This amalgamation of 2 great companies has created the largest Coatings company in the world with approximately 14 billion euros annual sales.
With a broader portfolio of products, a wider footprint of operations and a significantly enhanced R&D organisation, Sherwin-Williams is now even better placed to serve customers around the globe.
Now, six months later, many Valspar businesses, functions and regions have already been successfully integrated into Sherwin-Williams especially in Europe, the Middle East and India. Early actions have been to further boost our powder capabilities, to bring new technologies from North America to enhance the existing Inver range of well-known technologies such as Acrilinver®, Epoxinver® and Inverplast®, but mainly to promote in Europe and Asia the high performance waterborne technology known in the Italian market with the brands Inverpur®, Idroxinver®, Idrayon®, etc.
In November 2017, The Syntha Pulvin® brand has been launched at the Batimat exhibition in Paris. Syntha Pulvin® is the premier architectural powder coatings brand in Europe, setting the industry standard in terms of innovation, quality and service. The brand was first introduced in the early 70's. The first powder coated building was in London in 1972. Since then we have continuously worked to improve quality standards and to keep Syntha Pulvin® at the highest level in terms of performance and service.
By combining the two companies, Sherwin-Williams is now the technology leader in Europe for waterborne coatings used in the general industrial and heavy machinery segments, is one of the biggest powder producers and has a high market recognition with liquid and e-coat technologies. Furthermore, the focus is on key segments including General Finishing, Heavy Machinery, Architectural and Transportation. All of this, matched with a real local presence, 7 major production plants, 20 tinting & blending facilities and more than 50 distributors across Europe, allows Sherwin-Williams to be a true coatings solutions partner.