Nippon Paint, Malaysia’s leading paint brand, recently announced that it has been selected as the recipient of Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices Award For Malaysia Paints & Coating Company Of The Year and Asia Pacific Decorative Coating Company Of The Year.

The Frost & Sullivan Award for Company of the Year is presented each year to the company who exhibits excellence in growth strategy and implementation, degree of innovation with new products and technologies, leadership in customer value and market penetration.

“This selected company is perceived to exhibit outstanding management and consistent growth. The company must offer high quality products and / or services and have positive social and economic impact on local and national communities. The company should reflect overall and proven excellence in taking advantage of market changes by capturing and solidifying market presence, or through execution of innovative strategies within the existing competitive landscape,” explained Frost & Sullivan’s Director of Asia Pacific Best Practices and Events, Ms Cindy Gan.

“We are honoured by this recognition from Frost & Sullivan. At Nippon Paint, we strive to achieve excellence in everything we do. This extends to actively seeking out new markets to explore and invest in; and continually innovating and developing solutions to satisfy customers’ needs and rising expectations,” said Nippon Paint Malaysia’s Managing Director, Mr Yaw Seng Heng.

Acknowledging the invaluable contribution and support from his team, Yaw thanked the company’s employees and senior management for their hard work and dedication. In addition to the Best Practices Awards, Nippon Paint’s products have received two prestigious awards by Frost & Sullivan - the Green Excellence Award in recognition of its achievement in promoting and improving environment sustainability within the paint industry, and the product innovation award in Air Cleaning Coatings by the inaugural 2011 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Green Excellence Awards.