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| Company type | GmbH |
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| Industry | chemical industry manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink a mastics  |
| Founded | 1844 |
| Defunct | 1970 |
| Successor | BASF |
| Headquarters | Cologne |
Key people | Thomas Biermann, Isabel Casimiro, Kees Ekelmans (business leaders), Helmut Twilfer (Chairman of supervisory board) |
| Products | Building paints, lacquers and glazes |
| Website | www |
Herbol is one of the oldest German brands for professional coatings. It has its origins in the Lackfabrik Herbig-Haarhaus that was founded in Cologne in 1844. The product range contains façade paints, interior wall paints, lacquers and glazing, crack reinforcement as well as concrete and floor system. The coatings systems are used for renovation, maintenance and new constructions. Since 1999 the brand Herbol is part of the Akzo Nobel Deco GmbH, an affiliate of the Dutch concern AkzoNobel, the world's biggest coatings manufacturer.