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The Sherwin-Williams Company - Corporate and Strategic Assessment Report - Company Strategy, SWOT Analysis (Datamonitor)

Market: Industrial
Published Date: 06/11/2008
Report Title: The Sherwin-Williams Company - Corporate and Strategic Assessment Report - Company Strategy, SWOT Analysis
Table of Contents: View Table of Contents
Report Type: Company Profile
Country: Global
Number of Pages: 34

Introduction

In fiscal year 2007, Sherwin-Williams acquired the Philadelphia based MA Bruder & Sons, an acquisition that brought in 131 stores to Sherwin-Williams's operations, and the Spokane based Columbia Paint & Coatings, which added another 41 stores to the company's operations. These acquisitions expanded the company's store network in the US.

Scope

Contains corporate strategy, value chain presence and SWOT Analysis

Provides detailed business description, segment analysis, 5-year financial trends, key products and key competitors

Includes information on suppliers/ partners, shareholding structure and key employees with biographies

Highlights

Sherwin-Williams is a manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of paint, coatings and related products. The company offers products to professional, industrial, commercial and retail customers located in North and South America. Sherwin-Williams also conducts business in the UK, Europe, India and China

Sherwin-Williams operates in four segments of the retail value chain: raw materials (procurement of raw materials), manufacture (transformation of raw materials into finished goods), operations and distribution (warehousing) and sales (physical store operations, online sales).

Sherwin-Williams recently acquired companies in India, Uruguay and Mexico. It acquired NITCO Paints, an Indian manufacturer and distributor of exterior architectural coatings, Pinturas Industriales, a Uruguay based industrial paint company, NAPKO, a Mexican industrial maintenance coatings company and another Mexican company named Flex group.

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