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Plascon

Plascon
IndustryPaint manufacturing and retail
PredecessorHerbert Evans & Co
Parthenon Paints
Founded1889; 137 years ago (1889)
HeadquartersKrugersdorp, South Africa
Area served
Africa
Key people
Takashi Tomioka (Chairman)
Prejay Lalla (CEO)[1]
BrandsDouble Velvet
Velvaglo
Polvin
Wall & All
NuRoof
Cashmere
Number of employees
3,000+ (2025)[2]
ParentKansai Paints
Websiteplascon.co.za
Logo of the Plascon paint brand, which is featured on its products

Plascon (officially Kansai Plascon Africa Ltd) is a major South African paint manufacturer. Based in Krugersdorp,[3] the company is a subsidiary of Japanese corporation Kansai Paints, which is one of the world's 10 largest paint manufacturers.[4]

The company was founded in 1889 as Herbert Evans & Co, and was acquired by Kansai in 2011. Plascon is a prominent brand in the African paint market, competing primarily with Dulux and Duram.

History

Plascon was founded in 1889,[5] when Herbert Evans started a paint manufacturing company in Johannesburg, South Africa. The company was originally called Herbert Evans & Co.[3]

In 1915, the company trademarked Parthenon Paints, and in 1949, joined with Chrome Chemicals to form Plascon.[3]

In 1970, Barloworld (then called Barlo Rand) acquired Plascon.[3] At the time, Plascon was producing 100 million liters of paint a year, making it one of the world's 20 largest paint manufacturers.[6]

In 2007, when Barloworld unbundled, Freeworld Coatings was formed, which owned Plascon.[3]

In 2011, major Japanese paint manufacturer Kansai Paints acquired Plascon, and the following year, the latter's name was changed to Kansai Plascon Africa.[3]

In 2015, the company set up a joint venture in Nigeria, incorporated as Kansai Plascon Nigeria Limited.[3]

The company appointed Farid Masood as its new CEO in 2017. In the same year, Plascon announced its African expansion strategy.[7]

In November 2022, the South African Competition Commission blocked a proposed acquisition of Plascon by AkzoNobel, the Netherlands-based owner of Dulux paint, a major Plascon competitor. The Commission stated that merging South Africa's largest and second-largest paint manufacturers would create a firm that was too dominant in the local market, resulting in a reduction in consumer choice in the paint sector.[8]

Operations

Plascon paint in a Cape Town Builders Warehouse store

Plascon manufactures and sells paint for indoor, outdoor, decorative, industrial, and automotive use.[9]

The company sells its products via independent paint stores, as well as home improvement retail chains, such as Builders Warehouse, Mica, BUCO, and Leroy Merlin in South Africa, and does business across numerous other African countries.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Plascon Corporate Information". Plascon. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  2. ^ Eddie Clinton (7 January 2025). "Kansai Plascon : Putting People First in Africa". Manufacturing Outlook. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "About Kansai Plascon Africa (Pty) Ltd". Top 500. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Our Global Network". Kansai Paints. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  5. ^ Tom Cullum (26 November 2013). "Kansai Plascon : African Ambitions". Africa Outlook. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Kansai Plascon". Business Excellence. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  7. ^ Manelesi Dumasi (6 March 2017). "Kansai Plascon – Creating A Pan-African Paint And Coatings Business". Enterprise Africa. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  8. ^ Helena Wasserman (9 November 2025). "Dulux owner blocked from buying Plascon in SA". news24. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  9. ^ "Plascon - About". Plascon. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  10. ^ "Plascon - Store Finder". Plascon. Retrieved 22 November 2025.

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