Wattyl is a brand of architectural, decorative

paints Paint is any pigmented liquid, liquefiable, or solid mastic composition that, after application to a substrate in a thin layer, converts to a solid film. It is most commonly used to protect, color, or provide texture. Paint can be made in many ...

, special purpose and protective coatings sold throughout Australia and

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. As of February 2021, it is fully owned by the Hempel Group. The company is the second largest brand in Australia for architectural and decorative paints after market leader

Dulux Dulux is an internationally available brand of architectural paint originated from the United Kingdom. The brand name Dulux has been used by both Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) and DuPont since 1931 and was one of the first alkyd-based ...

. Wattyl was listed on the

Australian Stock Exchange Australian Securities Exchange Ltd or ASX, is an Australian public company that operates Australia's primary securities exchange, the Australian Securities Exchange (sometimes referred to outside of Australia as, or confused within Australia as ...

(ASX) from 1959, until it was delisted on 22 September 2010 when all the Company's shares were acquired by

Valspar The Valspar Corporation is an American manufacturer of paint and coatings based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With over 11,000 employees in 26 countries and a company history that spans two centuries, it was the sixth largest paint and coating corpor ...

. As of 25 May 2010 Wattyl employed over 1500 people in Australia and New Zealand. Wattyl was the first Australian manufacturer of two pot polyurethanes for the DIY market and a very successful marketing campaign during the 1960s and 1970s led to the brand name Estapol becoming the Australian term for the DIY clear finishing of domestic timber surfaces with one or two pot polyurethane finishes. The Wattyl range of products include the brands Granosite, Solagard, Estapol and Killrust. Wattyl is the current main sponsor of the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge event in New Zealand.

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*{{official website, https://wattyl.com.au/ * http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/28/1088392599614.html?from=storylhs * http://www.asx.com.au/asx/research/delistedCompanies.do Manufacturing companies of New Zealand Companies formerly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange Australian subsidiaries of foreign companies Paint and coatings companies of Australia