With more than 115 years of experience in paint technology, Nippon Paint continues to bring you advanced paint technology to protect and beautify your world. Nippon Paint ensures that there is a product for every need. Its wide range of products comprise architecture coating, automotive coating, pre-treatment chemicals and special coatings for large structures, marine, electrical appliances and computer related products.

NPM was incorporated in Malaysia on 21 December 1967. NPM has been in operation for the last 36 years since it first set up its manufacturing plant in Johor Bahru in 1968. NPM opened its third and latest manufacturing plant in Shah Alam in 1993 to coincide with its 25th anniversary. To date, NPM has four (4) manufacturing plants in Malaysia with two (2) in Shah Alam, one (1) in Johor Bahru and one (1) in Kota Kinabalu.

With the addition of its latest plant in Shah Alam, the company now has an annual production capacity of 84 million litres whereby the new plant in Shah Alam alone has an annual production capacity of 60 million litres. The latest plant in Shah Alam represents part of NPM's expansion plan to meet the increase in domestic demand for paints as well as the expected growth in the paint industry in Malaysia. NPM currently manufactures over 4,000 different paint formulations and the paints manufactured can be categorised under five (5) major categories:

• Decorative or architectural coatings;
• Automotive refinish;
• Industrial use coatings;
• Protective coatings; and
• Fishing Vessel paints.

As a testimony of the company's drive to manufacture paint of high and premium quality, products such as "Nippon 9000 Gloss Finish", "Nippon 9000 Undercoat", "Nippon 9000 Aluminium Paint", "Nippon Watex" and "Nippon Weatherbond" have been acknowledged by the Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia ("SIRIM") in meeting with the quality and safety standards specified by SIRIM. As a company, NPM was awarded an ISO 9002 certificate in March 1994 thus signifying NPM as a 'quality' company.

Health, Safety and Environment Policy.
Quality Policy.

NPM is widely acknowledged as one of the major paint manufacturers in Malaysia not only in terms of its production capacity but also through impressive volume generated in terms of annual sales turnover.

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THE GROUP BELIEVES IN :
Integrity - Ensuring honesty and fairness in all our dealings, and building strong relationships based on mutual respect and trust.

Entrepreneurship - Nurturing the powerful entrepreneurial spirit instilled by the founder; constantly seeking out new markets to explore and invest; and continually innovating and developing solutions to satisfy customers' needs and rising expectations.

Partnership - Cultivating and strengthening mutually rewarding relationships with our business partners. These include joint-venture partners, customers, employees, suppliers and government.

Quality - Striving to achieve excellence in everything we do.

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OBJECTIVES :
The Group to builds upon its core values to achieve the following business objectives:

Profitability - Maximise profits to reward our people; fuel growth and maintain fair returns on investment for shareholders.

Customer satisfaction - Provide the best value to customers by giving them products and services that are of the highest quality, and at competitive prices.

Growth - We pursue steady and sustainable growth by identifying and satisfying customers' needs.

People - Provide opportunities and resources to help our people develop themselves to their fullest potential; instil a sense of pride and satisfaction in their work; and help achieve a higher standard of living for all as we progresses.

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Only the finest raw materials go towards the making of Nippon Paint products. These are subject to the most stringent tests using the most advanced equipment to ensure consistency in product quality.

Our total commitment to research and development (R&D) is the key to our success in innovating. Nippon Paint is the world leader in anti-corrosion and chemical resistant technology. Over the years, we have made several major breakthroughs in the development of resins, pigments, additives and solvent as well as in the production technology itself.

Other areas of R&D include the development of new colour shades for future lifestyle trends by our Colour Design Centre. The annual international Automobile Colour Show which showcases the future colour trends for automobiles, clearly demonstrates how the twin roles of paint technology - beautification and protection - are backed by worldwide surveys on colours that are fashionbable, natural, traditional or classic favourites.

Particular emphasis is placed on the new generation Cathodic Electro-deposition (CED) in search of better throwing power and lower baking temperatures.

Nippon Paint's commitment to R&D has resulted in leading-edge architectural coating products that have the highest possible level of biological growth resistance, weatherability and alkaline resistance, among other relevant properties important to the protection of a building and the preservation of its appearance.

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ARCHITECTURAL COATINGS To the discerning customer, quality paint means many things - consistency in colour, ease of application, good weathering properties, the ability to stay on longer, and protection. Nippon Paint's wide range of architectural and decorative coatings for commercial and home use provide excellent protection and outstanding colour retention, especially in harsh climatic condition.

We are a market leader in architectural coatings in East Asia. Our products are well known for their durability and cost effectiveness. Nippon Paint's experience in providing East Asia's public housing programmes with cost-effective solutions is testimony to this.

Among a comprehensive range of water- and solvent-based paints, Duflon, a fluorocarbon system, maintains elegant finishes and good appearance for over 20 years even in the harshest of climatic conditions.

We also have a wide range of textured, patterned and natural stone-look coatings to add varieties to design needs. Nippon Paint has the capabilities to provide solutions to all coating design and technical problems.

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AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS Nippon Paint is the only manufacturer to supply an entire paint system for cars - chemicals for surface treatment, Cathodic Electro-deposition primers, intermediate coats and top coats. Our coatings make up over 40 percent of the coatings on the 10 million new cars produced annually in Japan.

Today, the Group is the leader in automotive coatings in the Asia Pacific region. Our customers include leading car and motorcycle makers like Toyota, Mazda, Ford, Honda, Nissan, General Motors, Mitsubishi, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Hino.

(Nippon Paint provides the perfect finish for some of the world's leading car makers.)

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SPECIAL COATINGS Nippon Paint's total solutions philosophy is supported by a comprehensive range of coatings for heavy duty and industrial uses. We have extensive experience in providing coating solutions for ships, bridges, industrial plants, storage tanks, pre-coated metal coils, wood furniture, computer and telecommunication equipment.

Our long list of more than 1000 customers in this area includes leading industrial companies such as Hitachi, IHI, Matsushita, Seagate, Mitsubishi, Philips, Sanyo, Thomson, Toshiba and Western Digital.

Many large-scale projects like the Kansai International Airport have used our superior weather and corrosion resistant fluorocarbon coating systems.The Shinkansen (bullet train) streaks across the landscape and shippers in the light with the use of Nippon Paint's protective coatings.

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