The future growth prospects of the industrial Paints and Coatings segment is intrinsically connected with the overall growth and development of the Indian economy. Industrial paints have applications in almost all sectors of the economy. The recent demands coming up from the Auto industry and the Farming sector, to name a few, have surged the need for customizable coating and painting solutions. Combined with the ease of using applications and incorporating new design techniques – paints that meet the technical specifications in minimum turnaround time are the biggest demands that need to be met from the client’s perspective.
Established in the year 1997, Harlequin Paints has emerged as one of the most reputed names in the Indian industrial paints and coatings sector, precisely because the group has been catering to its customers’ principal demands and specific needs. Heavily invested in its R&D developments, the company’s techno-commercial team can assist the end-users on both technical and commercial aspects, including providing adequate technical solutions for day-to-day issues.
The company follows an approach that studies the workability of customer requirements before developing the products. This enables the team of Technologists to design a product that suits the client’s specific requirements. Due to this approach, the Paints developed at Harlequin are flexible even to the change in environment, change
in consumption pattern, or any other unavoidable circumstances.
It takes technical abilities to meet stringent client needs, which the team of experts at Harlequin understands very well. During the recent interaction held between the Industry Outlook Editorial Team and Umesh Tawde, the Managing Director at Harlequin says, “Our business attitude is shaped by our values” The team at Harlequin Paints understands that, in the long term, success in business can only be achieved if a company takes adequate care of all stakeholders in the value chain, namely employees, suppliers, customers, shareholders, and the society.
“Indeed, our stakeholders’ satisfaction and their enduring loyalty is primarily responsible for our success. Over the years, our approach has created long-term, synergistic relationships which have set a robust foundation for sustained growth.” It is because of these guiding principles and approach that has propelled Harlequin Paints as the preferred choice in the B2B domain.
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Offering a Portfolio of Niche Products
The company’s Research and Quality department has its manufacturing unit located at Khalapur, Maharashtra, where a plethora of painting and coating solutions are developed and manufactured catering to the specific requirements of a diverse set of industrial sectors ranging from the Packaging Industry, Automobile and Engineering Industry to the Wood & Plastic segment.
The team at Harlequin Paints takes exceptional care of all the technicalities while designing the enamels that include effective Pigment parameters: Binder ratio, use of small dosages of effective additives compatible to the resin and pigment system, during the grinding stage of paint and effective solvent balancing. Under normal circumstances, Heat resistance Paints are incorporated with Heat stable Pigments; however, at Harlequin, appropriate Silicon resins to meet the desired Heat Resistance properties are designed, which allow them to withstand much higher than usual temperatures.
In recent times, the APAC region has emerged as the leading consumer and producer of industrial coatings. The region is a vast manufacturing hub that has attracted foreign investments and a booming industrial sector. With government initiatives like ‘Make in India’ and special concessions for MSMEs, Harlequin Paints is well poised to jump into the bandwagon and contribute towards the overall growth of the segment in India through research and development and providing the best-in-class products.