Foundation of the Dresdner Lackfabrik FEIDAL GmbH.

February 1991
Acquisition of the division Dresden of the former VEB Lackfabrik from the Treuhandanstalt and restart already in April with 42 employees. Wilfried Zill acts as the executive manager of the company
Annual tonnage around 1.800 tons
TÜV certification according to DIN ISO 9001

Opening of a distribution company in Czech Republic
Provisional conclusion of an investment program of around € 8 million since 1991
Increase of the annual tonnage up to 5.500 in the meanwhile
Acquisition of a special coating site in Halle (Saale)

After successful investment, start of the production of special coatings in Teplice (Czech Republic), start of the production of construction coatings in Halle (Saale)
Finalization of the first investment period in Halle (Saale)
Development and implementation of vehicle coatings for customers in Europe and Asia
Foundation of OOO novatic COATINGS in Moscow, Russia and foundation of novatic Austria GmbH in Salzburg, Austria

Realignment of the group’s business areas to protective coatings, construction coatings, industrial coatings, automotive coatings and decorative coatings

Launch of automotive coatings at Daimler AG International
Launch of the solvamix-i industrial coatings and solvamix-oem automotive coatings mixing series
Foundation of novatic COATINGS MENA FZCo in Duba
Foundation of novatic COATINGS Pvt. Ltd. in Pune (India)
Start of the investment project for expansion and modernization of the main location in Dresden and expansion of the production site in India and Moscow

Annual tonnage of novatic®-group 14.300 tons

Construction of a central colorist laboratory in Dresden which is linked across the group. New production plant
Finalization of the H5 multi functional hall including a new research and department and fully automated production for medium solid, high solid and ultra high solid coatings
Development of new products
(structural varnish) &
preservation new approval
Sheet 11
Acquisition of novatic®
by Sherwin-Williams®