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About Hempel

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The Hempel Group is a leader in the production and sales of protective coatings within the Decorative, Protective, Marine, Container and Yacht market segments.

For press inquires please contact the Group Communication department in Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark:

Malte V. Eggers
Group Communication Director

Phone: +45 45 93 38 00
Mob: +45 20 97 58 09
Fax: +45 45 88 55 18

E-mail: communications@hempel.com

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  1. Facts about Hempel

    • Hempel has 23 factories, 48 sales offices, 3 main and 7 regional Research and Development centres, and more than 150 stock points strategically located around the world.
    • Hempel is represented in more than 80 countries
    • In 2011 we were 5,000 employees world wide
    • We have more than 620 Coating Advisers
    • In 2010 Hempel had a turnover of €889 million, with an operating profit of EUR 92 million. Net profit rose by 19 per cent to EUR 53 million, a record high for the Hempel Group.

  2. Research and Development

    • 3 main Research and Development centres in Copenhagen, Denmark, Barcelona, Spain and Guangzhou, China
    • 7 regional Research and Development application centres in US, Bahrain, Singapore, Korea, Germany, France and UK.

  3. Factories

    • Europe: Croatia, France, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Darwen, UK and Hull, UK.
    • Americas: USA
    • Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. In China, Hempel has factories in Kunshan, Yantai and Guangzhou
    • South-Asia: India
    • Middle East: Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Qatar and
      the United Arab Emirates
    • The following factories are under design / production: Pilar, Argentina (start Feb. 2012), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (start Jan. 2013) and Ulyanovsk, Russia (start May 2013).

Annual Report 2010

The Hempel Group delivered an operating profit of EUR 92 million in 2010, and despite dramatic increases in the price of raw materials throughout the year, this was on a par with last year’s result.

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