Kansai Plascon East Africa Ltd.

Decorative, professional and automotive coatings form the core of Kansai Plascon East Africa Ltd., serving retail and industrial markets across its regional footprint. Its portfolio addresses decorative finishes, products for professional applications and automotive coating requirements, linking colour design with practical performance needs. Continuous innovation guides product development, drawing on the wider group’s work in basic research, coating development and application development. The company’s East African operations have served the region for six decades, combining an established local presence with the technical resources of an international coatings group.

Plascon became part of the group in 2011 as part of a strategy to build a substantial coatings presence across Africa. The wider brand brings more than 130 years of operating history in Southern Africa, where it developed into the region’s largest coatings manufacturer. East African market activity extends across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zanzibar, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. Group research resources include five research institutes and a research testing centre in Japan, with work spanning basic research, coating development, application development and colour design.