Berger Paints

[7] It has manufacturing units at Howrah, Rishra,[8] Arinso, Taloja, Naltoli, Goa, Devla, Hindupur,[9] Jejuri,[10] Jammu,[11] Puducherry and Anand.

In 1770, Louis Steigenberger shifted from Frankfurt to London to sell a Prussian blue colour, which was made using his own formula.

By 1870, Berger Paints was selling 19 different pigments such as black lead, sulphur, sealing wax and mustard.

[14][15][16][17][18] In the UK, the company, which by then was known as Berger, Jenson and Nicholson, was acquired by Hoechst AG in 1970 and by Williams Holdings in 1988.

In 1969, Berger Jenson Nicholson Limited, UK bought British Paints (India) Ltd.

[24] Bose retired on 30 June 2012, handing over the company to Abhijit Roy, the current managing director.

They have also acquired Bolix SA of Poland, a provider of External Insulation Finishing Systems (EIFS) in Eastern Europe.

Headquarters in Newtown, Kolkata