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Hempel A/S is a global supplier of coatings and paints in the protective, marine, decorative, container and yacht industries. Fully owned by the Hempel Foundation, the company was founded in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1915.
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 Hempel headquarters in Lundtofte | |
| Company type | Private limited company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Coatings |
| Founded | 1915 |
| Founder | Jørgen Christian Hempel |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Richard Sand (Chairman), Michael Hansen (CEO), Peter la Cour Gormsen (CFO), Katarina Lindstroem (CCO), Pernille Fritz Vilhelmsen (Chief People & Culture Officer), Ana Henriques (Executive Vice President of Decorative), Steen Niemann Madsen (Executive Vice President of Energy & Infrastructure), Alexander Enström (Executive Vice President of Marine), René Overgaard Jensen (Vice President of Strategy & Transformation) |
| Revenue | EUR 2.351 billion (2023)[1] |
Number of employees | 7,500+ (2022)[2] |
| Website | hempel |
History
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Hempel was founded by Jørgen Christian Hempel (1894 – 30 January 1986) in July 1915, when he established Hempel’s Marine Paints Ltd. (J.C. Hempel’s Skibsfarve–Fabrik A/S), a marine paint wholesaler. 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.
Hempel established its first factory in the United States in 1951, and opened an office in Hong Kong in 1963. In the 1960s, the company began to produce decorative coatings for the Middle East, 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, 91 years of age.[3]
Headquarters
editHempel moved into a new headquarters in April 2013. The building is located in Lundtoftegårdsvej in Lundtofte, north of Copenhagen. The building is designed by Årstiderne Arkitekter. Hempel's old headquarters were sold to DTU.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Annual Report 2023" (PDF).
- ^ "Hempel Annual Report 2022" (PDF). Hempel. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ "History". Hempel Group. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
- ^ "Hempel bygger nyt hovedsæde i Lundtofte" (in Danish). Det Grønne Område. Retrieved 2013-04-10.