Berger Paints - India's Fastest Growing Paint Company 2013

Fastest Growing Paint Company - Berger Paints At 90, Berger Paints India Ltd is at an age to be normally venerated, but is also drawing industry admiration for its scorching pace of growth. Since it became part of the worldwide Berger Group in 1983, Berger Paints India - Hadfield (India) - British Paints in its former avatar - has grown to be the second largest paint company in the country with a consistent track record of being the fastest growing, quarter-on-quarter, for the past two years with business revenues in excess of Rs 2,400 crore. Currently, the Delhi-based Dhingra brothers own a majority stake in the company. Headquartered in Kolkata, with seven strategically located manufacturing units, and over 85 sales offices, the company also has an international presence in four countries. Its portfolio of paints and tailor-made services in every segment coupled with its employee strength of over 2,500 and a countrywide distribution network of 15,000 plus dealers, offers it a tremendous advantage. Innovation, customer-focus, contemporary and responsible products remain the driving forces of the company - reflective of the spirit of Lewis Berger who laid the foundations of the Berger brand more than 250 years ago. The company's standalone revenue in 2012-2013 rose 13.6 per cent to Rs 3,334.6 crore while its net profit rose 21.3 per cent to 218.40 crore from Rs 180.10 crore in the previous year.