Crown Paints

The origins of the business lie in the history of paint making in Darwen, which can be traced back to the late 1850s.^[1] It initially traded as WalPaMur after the initials of The Wall Paper Manufacturers' Company.^[1][2]

The company was acquired by the Reed Group in 1965.^[3]

Queen Elizabeth II visited Crown House, the Walpamur headquarters in Darwen, in 1968.^[4] The company traded as Crown Berger for over a century before it was taken over by Williams Holdings in 1987^[5] and then by Akzo Nobel in 1990.^[6]

It was sold in a management buyout backed by the private equity firm Endless in August 2008, in a deal to satisfy the European Union's concerns of a possible monopoly after Akzo Nobel's takeover of ICI.^[7][8] The company were once sponsors of Liverpool F.C. and Blackburn Rovers F.C.^[9] In June 2011, the company was acquired by Danish paints manufacturer, Hempel Group.^[10]

The company holds a Royal Warrant from King Charles III.^[11]

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