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Asian Paints Limited | | Type | Public | Traded as | BSE: 500820
NSE: ASIANPAINT | Industry | Chemicals | Founded | 1942 | Headquarters | Mumbai, India | Area served | Global | Key people | K.B.S. Anand (MD & CEO)[1] | Products | Paints and speciality products | Revenue | 10139 crore (US$1.9 billion)(2012)[2] | Profit | 988 crore (US$180 million) (2012) | Employees | 4,937 (2012) | Website | www.asianpaints.com |
Asian Paints Limited is an Indian chemicals company headquartered in Mumbai, India.[3] It manufactures a wide range of paints for decorative and industrial use. Asian Paints is India's largest paint company and Asia's third largest paint company, with a turnover of Rs 96.32 billion. Besides Asian Paints, the group operates around the world through its subsidiaries Berger International Limited, Apco Coatings, SCIB Paints and Taubmans. Contents * 1 History * 2 Major Products and Services * 3 Forbes listing * 4 Financial Deals * 5 Sales * 6 Revenue * 7 International operations * 8 Group Subsidiaries * 9 Campaigns * 9.1 Gattu, the mascot * 9.2 Late Nineties * 9.3 Logo Change * 10 Activities * 11 References * 12 External links |
History
Asian Paints was established on February 1, 1942 by Champaklal H. Choksey, Chimanlal N. Choksi, Suryakant C. Dani and Arvind R. Vakil. They name their company 'The Asian Oil & Paint Company', a name that picked randomly from a telephone directory[citation needed].
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