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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.<ref name=history>{{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 }}</ref> It initially traded as ''WalPaMur'' after the initials of ''The Wall Paper Manufacturers' Company''.<ref name=history/><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
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.<ref name=history>{{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 }}</ref> It initially traded as ''WalPaMur'' after the initials of ''The Wall Paper Manufacturers' Company''.<ref name=history/><ref>{{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 }}</ref>


The company traded independently as ''Walpamur'' until it acquired by [[Reed International]] in 1965.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Queen [[Elizabeth II]] visited the Walpamur head office site in 1968.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It was taken over by [[Williams Holdings]] in 1987<ref>{{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 }}</ref> and then by [[Akzo Nobel]] in 1990.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
The company traded independently as ''Walpamur'' until it acquired by [[Reed International]] in 1965.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Queen [[Elizabeth II]] visited Crown House, the Walpamur headquarters in Darwen, in 1968.<ref>{{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}}</ref> It was taken over by [[Williams Holdings]] in 1987<ref>{{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 }}</ref> and then by [[Akzo Nobel]] in 1990.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>


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 [[Imperial Chemical Industries|ICI]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
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 [[Imperial Chemical Industries|ICI]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>

Latest revision as of 18:44, 23 March 2024

Crown Paints
Company typePrivate
IndustryDecorating
FoundedLate 1850s
HeadquartersDarwen, Lancashire
ProductsPaint
ParentHempel Group
Websitecrownpaints.co.uk

Crown Paints is a major paint manufacturer based in Darwen, Lancashire. It is owned by Hempel Group.

History

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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.[1] It initially traded as WalPaMur after the initials of The Wall Paper Manufacturers' Company.[1][2]

The company traded independently as Walpamur until it acquired by Reed International in 1965.[3] Queen Elizabeth II visited Crown House, the Walpamur headquarters in Darwen, in 1968.[4] It was taken over by Williams Holdings in 1987[5] and then by Akzo Nobel in 1990.[6]

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.[7][8]

In June 2011, the company was acquired by Danish paints manufacturer, Hempel Group.[9]

Sponsorship

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The company were once sponsors of Liverpool F.C. and Blackburn Rovers F.C.[10]

Royal warrant

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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.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Paint making". Cotton Town. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  2. ^ Room, Adrian (1982). Dictionary of Trade Name Origins. ISBN 9780710201744. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Beautiful rooms artistically papered / Wall Paper Manufacturers Ltd". Museums of History New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Crown Paint – Brushstrokes of History" (PDF). p. 49. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  5. ^ Rudd, Nigel (1 April 1991). "Nigel Rudd, My best deal". Management Today. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  6. ^ "Significant dates". Flint Group. Archived from the original on 1 October 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  7. ^ Tyler, Richard (3 August 2008). "Akzo Nobel give up Crown Paints". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
  8. ^ Feddy, Kevin (20 August 2008). "Endless backs Crown Paints buyout". Manchester Evening News. MEN Media. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
  9. ^ "Hempel splashes out for Crown Paints". The Independent. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  10. ^ Henfield, Sally (20 August 2008). "565 Darwen jobs secured after Crown Paints buy-out". Lancashire Telegraph. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
  11. ^ "Search Members' Directory | Royal Warrant Holders Association". www.royalwarrant.org. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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