Duro Paint Manufacturing Company – initial notes

Duro Paint Company was established in 1937.

1948  Orient Paint merges with the Duro Paint Manufacturing Co. in Hong Kong.(1)

During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong Duro Paint remained in operation. (As did China Paint and The National Lacquer and Paint Products Co Ltd.)

1947 Courtesy: HK Memory Project

After the WWII, China Paint, NLPP, Duro Paint and Island Paint quickly resumed productions. In 1946, Kin Kwok Lacquer Manufacturing Company Limited became the fifth paint manufacturer. Duro Paint and Oriental Paint from Shanghai were merged. The new Duro Paint was managed under the British company Swire Group. Since the war until 1950s, other paint companies were established, including Hong Kong Paint Products Limited, Chi Lee Paint Factory, Majestic Paint Manufacturing Company Limited and Wan Guo Paint Factory. At that time, except Duro Paint which was under a British company, all paint manufacturers were Chinese owned. (2)

HK Sunday Herald 29.10.1950

1953 Courtesy: IDJ

Duro Paint: 1954 A section of the Varnish Kitchen HK Memory Trade Bulletin, Hong Kong : Commerce and Industry Department (December 1954), p.13.

Duro Paint 1954 Part of the Control Laboratory – Trade Bulletin, Hong Kong : Commerce and Industry Department (December 1954), p.13.

This article was first posted on 17th May 2017.

Sources:

1. http://www.swirepacific.com/en/about/md.php?period=y1959
2. HK Memory, Industry Focus, Paint

This article was first posted on 17th May 2017,

Related Indhhk articles:

1. Hong Kong Paint manufacturing companies – from the early 1930s
2. Swire Duro Ltd – paint manufacturer
3. The National Lacquer and Paint Products Co Ltd
4. National Lacquer and Paints Products / Camelpaint timeline – HK factories
5. Harry J Lowe, aka Huang Yang Yin 黃仰賢, co-founder of The National Lacquer and Paint Products Co Ltd
6. Alfonso J. Ben, aka Yan Ben-Kwan 甄秉鈞, co-founder of The National Lacquer and Paint Products Co Ltd
7. The Silver-Haired Midas: Kan Koam-Tsing, the Banker and Gold Dealer who backed South Sea Textile and Camelpaint
8. Cookson & Company Ltd, paint manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, HK advert 1924