Origin & Evolution of Nerolac

It is the second largest coating company in India and market leader in Industrial Coatings. Its Industrial Coatings it has a wide range of products in the Automotive, Powder, General Industrial and High performance Coatings space. Nerolac paints, as it is popularly known, is an established brand in decorative paints.

Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd is a subsidiary of Japan based Kansai Paint Company Limited, which is one of the top ten coating companies in the world. The technological edge of Kansai helps us constantly innovate and come up with products that meet consumer need gaps. Kansai Nerolac has always believed that the key to its business is :

• Technology
• Research & Development
• Innovations
• Quality

Year 1920, we began as Gahagan Paints and Varnish Co. Ltd. in Mumbai. The journey is marked by moving from strength to strength in every sphere of business – be it product introductions through innovation, value engineering and superior technology.

1920: We started our journey as Gahagan Paints and Varnish Co. Ltd at Lower Parel in Mumbai.

1957: Goodlass Wall Pvt. Ltd grew popular as Goodlass Nerolac Paints (Pvt) Ltd. Also, it went public in the same year and established itself as Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd.

1976: Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd. became a part of the Tata Forbes Group on acquisition of a part of the foreign shareholdings by Forbes Gokak.

1983: Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd. Strengthened itself by entering in technical collaboration agreements with Kansai Paint Co. Ltd, Japan and Nihon Tokushu Toryo Co. Ltd, Japan.

1999: Kansai Paint Co. Ltd, Japan took over the entire stake of Tata Forbes group and thus GNP became wholly owned subsidiary of Kansai Paint Company Ltd.

2006: On the 11^th of July, Goodlass Paints Ltd. name has been changed to Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd.