- CEO
- Kunishi Mori
- Full Time Employees
- 16,844
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Chemicals - Specialty
- Address
- 6-14, Imabashi 2-chome Osaka Japan 541-8523
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 2021
- Business
- Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells a broad range of paints and coatings, including decorative coatings for buildings and communities; protective coatings for bridges, power equipment, industrial plants, and infrastructure; automotive refinish coatings with eco-friendly waterborne products; industrial coatings for construction equipment, machinery, metallic products, beverage cans, and precoated metals; marine coatings such as the TAKATA QUANTUM series silyl polymer hydrolysis antifouling paints; and products in biotechnology and electronics fields. Founded in 1918 and headquartered at the 28th Floor, Osaka Umeda Twin Towers South in Osaka, Japan, the company operates 93 production facilities across 34 countries, with significant presence in Asia including subsidiaries like Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd. in India, Europe via Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH in Austria, and other regions such as North America, Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The company also designs and manufactures coating equipment, undertakes painting works, and provides color scheme design services targeting automotive, industrial, architectural, marine, and protective segments. In recent developments, its European subsidiary Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH completed the acquisition of WEILBURGER Coatings and WEILBURGER Asia in May 2024 to bolster industrial coatings including non-stick, heat-resistant, and railroad products; acquired CWS Group in February 2023 for powder coatings and synthetic resins; commenced joint research with Spiber Inc. in August 2025 on Brewed Protein materials for sustainable paints and coatings; and plans the October 2025 integration of Kanpe Hapio Co., Ltd. to strengthen decorative paints in Japan, aligning with its 18th Mid-term Management Plan for 2025-2027 focused on aggressive growth investments.