Behr Paint: Make Your Choice from 100s of Hues

It is a brand with a elongated tradition. The Behr paint Company was founded in the year 1947. The inventor is Otho Behr Jr. It became a very successful company in the market of paint during this period. To start with, Behr was selling linseed oil from his wood wagon. Due to the demand from his customers for a paint that would perform better in the red wood than the existing linseed oil, Behr took the assistant of his father and the chemist to arrive at a formula for manufacturing a good paint. This team together worked and arrived at a liquid to suit the demand from the customers and it was called as Behr paint.

This Behr Company mainly produces the paints for both interior and exterior. It has in its fold various range of colours. The company is situated in California. There are many retail sellers who concentrate mainly on the sale of this particular paint. The Behr is pronounced as ‘Bear’ and the logo that is embarked on the paint cans is the outline of the bear picture.

The company never had a set back and continued to grow and grow. For more than 39 years, it was one of the leaders in the field of varnish and stain line. In the year 1886, this company entered into a new field of architectural paint with a belief to set new grounds for the development of the company.

It will be a surprise to know that the company’s first paint was done in a 55 gallon drum and now it has reached a level that nobody can dream of it. Father and the son were the two persons who were behind the screen of the victory. Today, the company has touched the sky high with automated production lines and the units controlled with the computers.

The Behr Company started by Behr was taken over by his son Otho Jr after his death. He was taking care of the company till Jack Croul took over. In the year 1999, this company was purchased by Masco Corporation. This company is a fortune 500 company which concentrates mainly on the manufacture and distribution of the building products and also the branded consumer products to mainly tap the markets of home development and construction.