Draftfcb Sydney has launched the first of four TVCs for Valspar’s Wattyl Paint. The series is aimed at home renovators with the Wattyl brand personified as ‘The Familyfier’ – an experienced, warm, ...

WATTYL GROUP has hinted that it could make a third attempt to merge with one of its biggest domestic rivals, following the recent entry of the world's fifth largest paint brand into the Australian ...

The company had been talking to Valspar at the time about manufacturing paint for the US company under contract. Valspar was motivated by the fact that one of its major customers, Lowe's of the US, ...

US-headquartered Sherwin-Williams Company bought the 106-year-old brand in 2017 through its acquisition of The Valspar Corporation. There was talk last year Wattyl could once again be Australian owned ...

One of Christchurch's largest paint sellers has opened a store with a twist - it's on a truck. With many tradespeople working on rebuild projects in isolated spots across the city, Wattyl's mobile ...

Valspar, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is one of the world's largest paint and coating companies, has agreed to pay $1.67 for each Wattyl share. Wattyl shares surged 36 cents, or ...

Paint maker Wattyl is looking at job cuts and using cheaper packaging materials as it grapples with rising costs, competition and weak sales due to deteriorating housing markets in Australia and New ...

Paint maker Wattyl will axe 75 jobs in the first phase of a restructuring aimed at reducing fixed costs, improving productivity and restoring profitability. The job cuts, which represent about 5 per ...

PAINT maker Wattyl has delivered an earnings turnaround ahead of its imminent takeover from US company Valspar. Wattyl yesterday reported an unaudited full-year net profit of $5.2 million for the 2010 ...

Painter maker Wattyl yesterday abandoned its 17-year campaign to build a toehold in the North American paint market by announcing the sale of its loss-making US assets. Days after warning Lenmar and ...