Damar Industries Ltd
UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
Scott
and
Bev
Thomson
started
with
the
purchase
of
a
small
paint
manufacturing
company
in
Rotorua
called
The
Paint
Factory
in
1986.
They
had
3
retail
outlets,
and
some
may
remember
their
View
Road
store.
In
1989,
they
bought
Damar
Coatings.
Damar
Coatings
was
originally
founded
as
a
coatings
company
in
1968
by
business
partners
Ken
Darragh
and
Tony
Martin
who produced
their
own
range
of
industrial-use
paints
and
varnishes
from
a
converted
cowshed
in
Judea,
Tauranga.
Scott
and
Bev
then moved
the
manufacturing
base
from
Tauranga
to
Rotorua,
incorporated
it
into
their
existing
company
and
started
using
the
Damar name.
(The
name
'Damar'
was
derived
from
the
surnames
of
the
two
original
partners).
From
there,
as
the
saying
goes,
the
sky
was the
limit!
27 years on, Scott and Bev have seen the company grow from strength to strength. From humble beginnings as a small paint manufacturing company with only a few employees, to a medium-sized business with over 160 employees, offering a wide range of services and products. The acquisition of a number of companies/brands along the way and investment into state-of-the-art facilities has been instrumental in the continued growth of the business throughout the years. And thanks to our purpose-built manufacturing facility, we've been able to diversify our business to include aerosol manufacture as well as liquid, powder and putty filling.
The
future
looks
bright
for
Damar
as
Scott,
Bev,
and
the
management
team
at
Damar
look
to
grow
the
business
even
further
by
capitalizing
on
the
core
competencies
accrued
over
the
last
20-plus
years.