Crown Paints
{{Short description|Paint manufacturer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Crown Paints
| logo = Crownpaintslogo.png
| type = Private
| foundation = Late 1850s
| location = Darwen, Lancashire
| key_people =
| industry = Decorating
| num_employees =
| revenue =
| products = Paint
| parent = Hempel Group
| homepage = [https://crownpaints.com/ crownpaints.com]
}}
Crown Paints is a major paint manufacturer based in Darwen, Lancashire. It is owned by Hempel Group.
History
The origins of the business lie in the history of paint making in Hollins Road Darwen, which can be traced back to the late 1850s.{{cite web | url=http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?language=eng&pageID=1325 | title=Paint making | publisher=Cotton Town | access-date=2009-01-31 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213075046/http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?language=eng&pageID=1325 | archive-date=2012-02-13 | url-status=dead }} It initially traded as WalPaMur after the initials of The Wall Paper Manufacturers' Company.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qdw9AAAAIAAJ&q=Crown+Paints+WalPaMur&pg=PA187 | title=Dictionary of Trade Name Origins | first=Adrian | last=Room | year=1982 | isbn=9780710201744 | access-date=2009-01-31 }}
The company traded independently as Walpamur until it acquired by Reed International in 1965.{{cite web|url=https://first.mhnsw.au/#record/876 |title=Beautiful rooms artistically papered / Wall Paper Manufacturers Ltd. |publisher=Museums of History New South Wales|access-date=23 March 2024}} Queen Elizabeth II visited Crown House, the Walpamur headquarters in Darwen, in 1968.{{cite web|url=https://www.themeister.co.uk/hindley/maude_greenway_potter.pdf|page=49|title=Crown Paint – Brushstrokes of History|access-date=23 March 2024}} It was taken over by Williams Holdings in 1987{{cite web | url=https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/uk-best-deal-nigel-rudd-chairman-williams-holdings/article/408401 | title=Nigel Rudd, My best deal | first=Nigel | last=Rudd | publisher=Management Today | date=1991-04-01 | access-date=2009-01-31 }} and then by Akzo Nobel in 1990.{{cite web | url=http://www.flintgrp.com/group_com/significant_dates/sort_company.php | title=Significant dates | publisher=Flint Group | access-date=2009-01-31 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001224036/http://flintgrp.com/group_com/significant_dates/sort_company.php | archive-date=2010-10-01 | url-status=dead }}
It was sold in a management buyout backed by the private equity firm Endless in August 2008, in a deal to satisfy the European Union's concerns of a possible monopoly after Akzo Nobel's takeover of ICI.{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/2794239/Akzo-Nobel-give-up-Crown-Paints.html | title=Akzo Nobel give up Crown Paints | first=Richard | last=Tyler | work=The Daily Telegraph | publisher=Telegraph Media Group | date=2008-08-03 | access-date=2008-11-16 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/business/s/1063314_endless_backs_crown_paints_buyout | title=Endless backs Crown Paints buyout | first=Kevin | last=Feddy | work=Manchester Evening News | publisher=MEN Media | date=2008-08-20 | access-date=2008-11-16 }}
In June 2011, the company was acquired by Danish paints manufacturer, Hempel Group.{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/hempel-splashes-out-for-crown-paints-2296172.html | title=Hempel splashes out for Crown Paints|date=10 June 2011|publisher=The Independent|access-date=15 April 2017}}
Sponsorship
The company were once sponsors of Liverpool F.C. and Blackburn Rovers F.C.{{cite web | url=http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/lancashiretelegraph/3606783.565_Darwen_jobs_secured_after_Crown_Paints_buy_out/ | title=565 Darwen jobs secured after Crown Paints buy-out | first=Sally | last=Henfield | work=Lancashire Telegraph | publisher=Newsquest Media Group | date=2008-08-20 | access-date=2008-11-16 }}
Royal warrant
The company has held a Royal Warrant since 1949. It remains one of only three companies to hold the Royal Warrant for the manufacture of paints.{{Cite web |title=Search Members' Directory {{!}} Royal Warrant Holders Association |url=https://www.royalwarrant.org/directory |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=www.royalwarrant.org}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.crownpaints.co.uk/ Official Website]
- [http://www.crownpaints.ie/ Official Irish Website]
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Category:Paint and coatings companies of the United Kingdom
Category:Companies based in Lancashire
Category:British royal warrant holders
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