![]() ![]() The new headquarters's location was clarified in March 2020, with the company committing to constructing a new building complex, also in Downtown Cleveland, expected to open in 2024. That month, the company also began work on a new R&D center in Brecksville, OH. In September 2019, the company announced that it would move its headquarters to a larger site, and in February 2020, confirmed it would remain in the Cleveland area. In 1930, Sherwin-Williams moved its headquarters to Cleveland's Midland Building, where it would stay for over 75 years. By 2002, the company operated more than 2,500 stores. In 1995, it employed 18,000 people, including 3,200 in Ohio. On July 5, 2011, Sherwin-Williams acquired Leighs Paints based in Bolton UK, a manufacturer of intumescent paints and high performance coatings. The company recovered by fending off the raid and undergoing a series of acquisitions in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as divesting its non-coatings businesses. Sherwin-Williams experienced a downturn in the 1970s, and Gulf and Western Industries unsuccessfully attempted to take over in that time. In the early 1920s, the company became the largest coatings manufacturer in the U.S. The company grew through acquisitions and expansions in the late 19th and early 20th century. Sherwin-Williams was incorporated in Ohio on July 16, 1884, two years after Osborn sold his interest in the company while retaining the retail operations. ![]() For its first factory, in 1873 the company acquired a cooperage in Cleveland from Standard Oil. After the partnership dissolved in 1870, he formed Sherwin, Williams, & Co. Sherwin-Williams dates from 1866, when Cleveland bookkeeper Henry Sherwin invested in Truman Dunham & Co., a paint distributorship. At the end of 2020, Sherwin-Willams had operations in over 120 countries. It is primarily engaged in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of paints, coatings, floorcoverings, and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers, primarily in North and South America and Europe. Sherwin-Williams Company is an American company based in Cleveland, Ohio. ![]()
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