Painter and decorator Wiert Willem Sikkens starts making Sikkens lacquers in the Dutch town of Groningen
Cellulose lacquer Sikkens Nitro Rubbol; an industry revolution
Synthetic lacquer Rubbol® A-Z®
Sikkens sets up the artificial resin company Synthese
Autoflex® one-day car refinishing system
First two-component paint, Autocryl, turned the company into a major global player. Introduction of mixing machines and computerized color retrieval
Integrated computerized mixing systems
Autobase; a solvent borne basecoat designed for metallic paints
Autonova; the first isocyanate free topcoat
Digital color matching tool Automatchic first to market completely transformed the industry
Autowave; a high performance waterborne basecoat system
Autoclear WB; the first generation of a waterborne two-pack polyurethane clearcoat
Autoclear LV Superior; the first generation of high solids, VOC compliant clearcoat
Autoclear UV; revolutionary UV-curing clearcoat technology. Colorbuild Plus; multi-colored primer
Autosurfacer UV, an innovative one-component UV-cured filler
Autowave 2.0 - setting a new standard in waterborne basecoat performance with major advances in binder and pigment technology
Autoclear 2.0; a new high solids clearcoat
Automatchic Vision; a revolutionary digital color matching tool Autoclear UV; 2nd generation UV-curable clearcoat
Introduction of Colorvation - a unique, comprehensive, user-friendly approach covering the latest digital color technology: Automatchic and MIXIT