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Case study
DuluxGroup PNG
DuluxGroup PNG manufactures over 70% of its coatings products locally. Its brands include Dulux paints, Selleys home improvement products and Cabot’s wood care products. DuluxGroup PNG also supplies industrial chemicals—including water treatment, boiler and cooling chemicals—and geo textile fabric products for road, mining and civil works under the Chemnet brand.
Recently completed Port Moresby office buildings sporting fresh coats of Dulux paint Credit: DuluxGroup PNG
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The Australian-owned DuluxGroup (PNG) Pte Ltd has operated in Papua New Guinea since 1963. It now employs over 100 people with headquarters in Lae, a branch in Port Moresby, and trade depots in Kimbe, Kokopo and Madang ‘The needs of our customers are at the core of everything we do and it’s been the reason for our growth,’ says DuluxGroup PNG General Manager Simon Vandestadt. The DuluxGroup Protective Coatings business manufactures and supplies quality protective coatings to mine sites around PNG, including OK Tedi, Lihir and Porgera. Coatings available include, etch primers and alkyd enamels through to epoxy