Sherwin-Williams Company - SHW- Profile

Sherwin-Williams Company (The). The Group's principal activity is to manufacture and distribute coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial and retail customers. The Group operates in three segments. The Paint Stores Group consisted of 3,046 company-operated specialty paint stores in the United States, Canada, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The Consumer Group develops, manufactures and distributes a variety of paint, coatings and related products to third party customers and the Paint Stores Group primarily in the United States and Canada. The Global Group develops, licenses, manufactures, distributes and sells a variety of architectural paint and coatings, industrial and marine products, automotive finishes and refinish products, OEM coatings and related products in North and South America, Jamaica, the United Kingdom, Europe and China. The Administrative segment includes administrative expenses of the Company's corporate headquarters site and real estate management. Paint Stores accounted for 62% of 2006 revenues; Global Group, 20%; Consumer, 18% and Administrative, nom