Sherwin-Williams
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| Type of Company | Public |
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| Founded | 1866 (Cleveland, OH) |
| Headquarters | Cleveland, OH |
| Key people | Christopher Connor Chairman, CEO, President Sean Hennessy, CFO, Senior VP-Finance |
| Industry | General Building Materials |
| Products | Wall coverings & Paints |
| Revenue | $7.19 billion USD (2005) |
| Employees | 25,789 est. (2001) |
| Slogan | Cover the Earth |
| Website | www.sherwin-williams.com |
The Sherwin-Williams Company NYSE: SHW is an American company in the general building materials industry. The company primarily engages in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers primarily in North and South America. The company is mostly known through its Sherwin-Williams Paints line.
Founded by Henry Sherwin and Edward Williams in 1866, the company operates through four segments: Paint Stores (known as Sherwin-Williams Stores), Consumer, Automotive Finishes, and International Coatings.
In 2005 and 2006, Forbes named Sherwin-Williams as one of the top 100 places to work in the United States.
[edit] Sherwin-Williams Paints
The Paint Stores Segment, known as Sherwin-Williams Paints, was the first section of the company to be established, in 1866. These stores market and sell Sherwin-Williams branded architectural paints and coatings, industrial and marine products, and original equipment manufacturer product finishes and similar items. As of December 31, 2004, the Paint Stores segment operated 2,983 individual paint stores. The Consumer segment develops, manufactures, and distributes various paints, coatings, and related products to third party customers and the Paint Stores segment.
[edit] Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes
The Automotive Finishes segment develops, manufactures, and distributes various motor vehicle finish, refinish, and touch-up products. It also licenses certain technology and trade names worldwide, as well as distributes Sherwin-Williams branded automotive finish and refinish products through its network of automotive branches. The Automotive Finishes segment operated 190 automotive branches, as of February 2, 2006. The International Coatings segment develops, licenses, manufactures, and distributes various paints, coatings, and related products worldwide through 76 company-operated specialty paint stores, as of the above date, and by outside selling functions to other dealers and distributors.
