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The Sherwin-Williams Company is an American Fortune 500 company in the general building materials industry. The company, with headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, mainly engages in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of paints, coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers especially in North and South America and Europe. The company is mostly known through the Sherwin-Williams Paints line. On March 20, 2016, Sherwin-Williams announced the acquisition of Valspar approximately $ 9 billion.


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Histori

Founded by Henry Sherwin and Edward Williams in Cleveland in 1866, the company operates through four segments: Paint Stores Group (known as Sherwin-Williams Stores), Consumer Group, Latin America Group, and Global Finish Group.

Sherwin-Williams Paints

The Americas Group, known as Sherwin-Williams Paints, was the first part of the company to be founded, in 1866. These shops market and sell Sherwin-Williams branded architectural paints and coatings, industrial products and marine, and original equipment manufacturer completed and similar items. On January 1, 2011, the Cat Stores Group operates 3,954 individual paint stores. On January 1, 2016, the Cat shop group has grown to 4,080 stores.

The Consumer Brand Group develops, manufactures and distributes various paints, coatings and related products, under the trademark Duron, Frazee, MAB, Minwax, Krylon, Mautz, Purdy, Bestt Liebco, Thompson WaterSeal, H & amp; C, Pratt & amp; Lambert, Martin-Senour and Dutch Boy, to third party customers in addition to overseeing operations managed by The Americas Group.

Sherwin-Williams also makes their own paints under the brand names Easy Living and Weatherbeater; the paint brand is sold exclusively at Sears and Kmart stores.

On August 28, 2007, Sherwin Williams purchased Columbia Paint & amp; Coatings. On July 6, 2011, Sherwin-Williams acquired Leighs Paints, based in Bolton UK, an intumescent manufacturer and high performance industrial coatings. At the end of 2012, Sherwin Williams starts the process of purchasing the Comex Group. Comex is the 4th largest paint manufacturer in North America. After the Mexican antitrust regulator opposed the two-time deal, Sherwin-Williams purchased the Comex US and Canadian division for $ 165 million on September 16, 2013. PPG, a US-based coating and paint company, acquired Comex's $ 2.3 billion Mexican division.

In 2007, the company introduced its first "Idea Center" in Shaker Heights, Ohio, in an effort to provide customers with an interior design environment in contrast to a conventional paint shop.

Sherwin-Williams Automotive Ends

The Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes segment develops, manufactures and distributes motor vehicle end results, refinish, and touch products. It also licenses specific technology and trade names worldwide, and distributes the final results of the Sherwin-Williams brand automobile and manufactures it through its automotive branch network. The Automotive Finishes segment opened their 200th automotive branch at Calumet Park, IL on September 21, 2007. The International Coatings segment develops, licenses, manufactures, and distributes various paint, coatings and related products worldwide through 76 specialty paints operated by the company, on the above date, and with the outside sales function to other dealers and distributors.

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Service Center Sherwin-Williams Supply Center offers new equipment, parts and accessories, maintenance and repairs to the rental program. There are more than 100 service centers located across the US and Puerto Rico. They have trained technicians at the factory that provide maintenance and repairs to paint sprayers, pressure cleaners, conventional spray guns, HVLP systems (High Volume Low Pressure), plural components equipment from manufacturers such as North American EXEL, Kremlin Rexson, Sames, Johnstone, Graco, Titan/Speeflo, Spraytech/Wagner, Capspray, ITW Binks, AccuSpray, Mi-TM, Pressure Pro, and more. They provide repairs such as maintenance, emergency and warranty, telephone troubleshooting support, on-site demonstrations, and training. Before 2008, the program was called SherWorks.

Sherwin-Williams Mexico

In 1929, Sherwin-Williams Mexico started operations. Headquarters are in Mexico City.

Sherwin-Williams Mexico has 109 branches and 200 dealers.

STIR Magazine

STIR magazine is a three-year publication that provides the color of news and resources for residential and commercial interior designers and architects across North America. The magazine was created and published by Hanley Wood, LLC. The first edition was published in 2004.

Gray Drug

Between 1981 and 1987, Sherwin-Williams had a Gray Drug.

Valspar

In March 2016, it was announced that Valspar would be acquired for $ 11.3 billion dollars. This merger was completed on June 1, 2017.

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Awards

STIR magazine has won several industry awards, including FOLIO 2005 awards for best design, new custom publications, and the 2007 Pearl Award from Custom Publishing Council for the best in the Custom Publishing category.

On June 20, 2011, Computerworld named The Sherwin-Williams Company # 58 Best Place to Work in IT.

By 2015, Sherwin-Williams is recognized as the most used brand as well as the winner for brand familiarity and quality ratings in the Paints category by Builder magazine.

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Competition

Sherwin-Williams's main competitors are PPG, Axalta Coating Systems, BASF (via Ace Hardware and Lowe's), Behr (via The Home Depot), and Benjamin Moore. There are also some smaller regional competitors, although Sherwin-Williams has acquired some of them (such as MAB and Columbia Paint & Coatings and Parker Paints) in recent years. Valspar was acquired in June 2017.

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Tin paint demands

In January 2014, the Santa Clara County Superior Court ruled that Sherwin-Williams, together with NL Industries and ConAgra jointly and responsibly for $ 1.15 billion, was paid into a major paint reduction fund for use to remove lead paint from older housing.. The judge ruled that paint companies produce, market, and sell lead paint without disclosing health risks to consumers irrespective of "actual and constructive knowledge that it is harmful." In March 2014 Sherwin-Williams was denied a new trial.

As per their 2013 annual report, Sherwin-Williams considers this case unfounded and will appeal the decision. The process may take another two years. Disposition The People v. ConAgra Grocery Products Company et al. in the District Court of August 6 The appeal on November 14, 2017 is that

... the verdict is reversed, and the matter is handed over to the court with guidance to (1) recalculate the amount of the deductible fund to limit the amount necessary to cover the pre-1951 home remediation costs; and (2) hold a verification session on the appointment of the appropriate recipient. The Plaintiff will recover the cost of the appeal.

On February 14, 2018, the California Supreme Court rejected the defendants' request for review, sent the case back to court as ordered by the Court of Appeals.

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References

Further reading

  • , Kathleen; Dyer, Davis (1991). American paint company: Sherwin-Williams history . [Cleveland, Ohio]: Sherwin-Williams.
  • House Decorators Sherwin Williams and Color Guides (1939) Kenneth Franzheim II Printing Room Space, Library of Architecture and Art William R. Jenkins, University of Houston Digital Library.
  • Rabin R, Warning Not Observed: childhood lead poisoning history, "American Journal of Public Health, 1989 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1349776/

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External links

  • Official website
  • Sherwin-Williams's YouTube channel

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