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The Sherwin-Williams Company is an American paints and coatings company based in Cleveland, Ohio.It is primarily engaged in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of paints, coatings, floorcoverings, and related products with operations in over 120 countries. [2]
Pratt & Lambert is a brand of architectural and industrial paint founded in 1849. It has been owned by Sherwin-Williams since 1995. The Pratt & Lambert company started in Buffalo, New York in 1849 as a maker of a drying agent for linseed oil paint. It was listed on the American Stock Exchange in 1905.
Glidden is an American paint brand, manufactured by PPG Industries.. Glidden was purchased by British conglomerate ICI in 1986, which in turn was later acquired by Dutch conglomerate AkzoNobel in 2008.
Paint is a material or mixture that, when applied to a solid material and allowed to dry, adds a film-like layer. As art, this is used to create an image or images known as a painting. Paint can be made in many colors and types. Most paints are either oil-based or water-based, and each has distinct characteristics.
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Mineral silicate paint coats are considered durable and weather resistant. Lifetimes exceeding a hundred years are possible. The city hall in Schwyz and "Gasthaus Weißer Adler" in Stein am Rhein (both in Switzerland) received their coats of mineral paint in 1891, and facades in Oslo from 1895 or in Traunstein , Germany from 1891.