Hempel Group

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Hempel A/S
Company typePrivate limited company
Industry Coatings
Founded1915
FounderJørgen Christian Hempel
Headquarters
Lyngby
,
Denmark
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)
RevenueEUR 2.351 billion (2023) [1]
Number of employees
7,500+ (2022) [2]
Website hempel.com

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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History

Hempel A/S is a global coatings manufacturer headquartered in Denmark, founded in July 1915 by Jørgen Christian Hempel (1894–1986) as Hempel's Marine Paints Ltd. (J.C. Hempel's Skibsfarve–Fabrik A/S). Initially established as a marine paint wholesaler, the company set up its own paint mixing factory in 1916. [3]

In 1917, Hempel collaborated with the Technical University of Denmark to develop its first antifouling coating for ships' hulls.

The company expanded internationally, establishing its first factory in the United States in 1951 and opening an office in Hong Kong in 1963. In the 1960s, Hempel began producing decorative coatings for the Middle East, opening its first regional factory in Kuwait in 1966.

During the 1970s, Hempel established a protective coatings division to serve industrial markets such as power generation and infrastructure. The company was among the first in the coatings industry to focus on renewable energies, supplying coatings to the first commercial wind farm in 1980.

J.C. Hempel died in 1986 at the age of 91. [4]

Headquarters

Hempel moved into its 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. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Annual Report 2023" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Hempel Annual Report 2022" (PDF). Hempel. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  3. ↑ "Our Story". Hempel Foundation. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  4. ↑ "Hempel Annual report 2018 - Hempel". www.hempel.com. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
  5. ↑ "Hempel bygger nyt hovedsæde i Lundtofte" (in Danish). Det Grønne Område. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
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