company industry coatings founded 1915 founder j rgen christian hempel headquarters lyngby denmark key people richard sand chairman henrik andersen ceo anders boyer s gaard cfo lars petersson coo peter kirkegaard cpco revenue eur 1 563 million 2015 1 net income eur 108 million number of employees 5 500 2015 2 website hempel.com hempel a s is a world leading coatings supplier to the decorative protective marine container industrial and yacht markets headquartered in copenhagen denmark . the company employs more than 5 500 people in over 80 countries and has factories and r & d centres around the globe . it produces award winning coatings such as hempaguard and hempadur avantguard and owns a number of brands including crown paints versiline and neogard . hempel is owned by the hempel foundation which supports cultural humanitarian and scientific causes across the world . contents 1 history 2 acquisitions 3 headquarters 4 references 5 external links history edit hempel was founded by j rgen christian hempel in july 1915 when he established hempel s marine paints ltd. j.c. hempel s skibsfarve fabrik a s a marine paint wholesaler . at just 21 years of age he was denmark s youngest licensed wholesaler at the time . the following year he set up his own paint mixing factory . in 1917 hempel collaborated with the technical university of denmark to develop hempel s first antifouling coating for ships hulls . during the 1950s and 1960s hempel expanded around the globe . it established its first factory in the us in 1951 and opened an office in hong kong in 1963 . in the 1960s the company began to produce decorative coatings for the middle easte and it opened its first factory in the region in kuwait in 1966 . in the 1970s hempel established a protective coatings division to develop and produce coatings for the industrial market such as power generation and infrastructure . hempel was one of the first coatings companies to focus on renewable energies and it supplied coatings to the first commercial wind farm in 1980 . j.c. hempel died in 1986 having led the company for 71 years . by 2000 hempel had become a widespread group with local management in 38 countries . during the following decade it consolidated buying out its partners in croatia china morocco and the middle east.antifouling coating for ships hulls . 3 acquisitions edit significant acquisitions since 2000 include crown paints a leading paint manufacturer in the uk 2011 blome international inc. a us based producer of specialist coatings for the protective industry 2012 schaepman a dutch supplier of specialist industrial protective and decorative coatings 2014 jones blair company a leading north american supplier for the protective and waterproofing markets 2015 headquarters edit hempel moved into a new headquarters in 2013 . the building is located in lundtofteg rdsvej in lundtofte north of copenhagen . the building is designed by rstiderne arkitekter and is located next to hempel s central r & d centre . hempel s old headquarters were sold to dtu . 4 . 4 references edit annual report . hempel group . retrieved 2016 01 27 . annual report . hempel group . retrieved 2013 04 10 . history . hempel group . retrieved 2013 04 10 . hempel bygger nyt hoveds de i lundtofte in danish . det gr nne omr de . retrieved 2013 04 10 . external links edit official website careers opportunities hempel a s linkedin hempel hq location in google maps retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hempel group & oldid 742733033 categories paint manufacturerschemical companies of denmarkmanufacturing companies based in copenhagencompanies based in lyngby taarb k municipalitycompanies established in 1915purveyors to the court of denmarkdanish brandshidden categories cs1 danish language sources da navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskdeutsch galego edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 12 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view