Berger Paints India (BERGEPAINT) is engaged in the manufacture and sale of decorative and industrial paints and coatings. The company was incorporated on Dec. 17, 1923 and got its current name on Dec. 31, 1983. UK Paints (I) owns 50% equity stake in the company. The chairman of the company is Kuldip Singh Dhingra and Subir Bose, the managing director. The company offers decorative paints for all interior and exterior surfaces including concrete, plaster, metal, wood, and special applications like water storage, ..etc. Acrylic brands like Luxol Silk and Rangoli for interiors, and Weathercoat for exteriors are quality leaders in technology. Luxol Hi-Gloss is the national hallmark for excellence in paint enamel. Its also provides industrial, automobile, and powder coatings. Production facilities are located in east, west and south India. The company is to set up a Rs 500 million automotive paints plant in Pune with a manufacturing capacity of 800 kilolitres of automotive paint per month. The existing capacity is 600 kilolitres per month and contributes 24% of total sales. The company is setting up a joint venture company, BNB Coatings India, with Nippon Bee Chemicals Co. of Japan to manufacture automobile plastic substrate coatings. It has technical licence agreements with DuPont Performance Coatings (automotive coatings), Nippon Paint Co. (automotive coatings), Orica Australia (protective coatings), Tigerwerk Lack-u.Farbenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, Austria (specialized powder coatings) and Nippon Bee Chemical Co. (coating on bumpers and other plastic parts). Subsidiaries include Beepee Coatings, Berger Jenson & Nicholson (Nepal) and Berger Paints (Cyprus) and the company has interests in Berger Paints Overseas (Berger Russia). The registered and head offices are at Berger House, 129 Park Street, Kolkata-700017.