Colombia. The paints and chemical businesses showed positive balances during 2013 for the companies belonging to the World Group.
For Pintuco (paintings) 2013 was the year of the regionalization of the brand that is now used to identify the Group's painting companies in Central America and Ecuador.
In Colombia, the market share indicator measured by Nielsen recorded a gain of 7 points in volume, and 6.5 points in pesos.
Pintuco® advanced the expansion plan of the Pintacasa Pintuco® Stores, points of sale specialized in painting and decoration franchised to entrepreneurs in different cities. Today it has more than 100 stores in Colombia and closes the year with 210 stores in 11 countries.
On the other hand, in the chemical business (Andercol, Novapol, Poliquim, Inproquim) Andercol (Colombia), Novapol (Brazil) and Poliquim (Ecuador) showed a growing result both in sales and in Ebitda and Net Income, despite the fact that in Colombia and Brazil they faced a difficult environment of weak demand and high competitive rivalry.
Andercol avoided situations such as the national strike and strengthened exports to new destinations. Production presented record figures for several months of 2013 and exports grew up to 70%.
The launch of the Ecoline Polyester Resins portfolio, which uses recycled material and biomass in its production, was very important.
Other highlights of the World Group was that it endorsed before Icontec the ISO 9001 (Quality Management) and ISO 14001 (Environmental Management) certifications to Pintuco®, Andercol and O-Tek, as well as the OHSAS 18001 (Health and Safety) certification to Pintuco®.
In addition, the audit team also gave its favorable concept for the granting of the NTC ISO 9001 (Quality Management) and NTC ISO 14001 (Environmental Management) certifications to Cacharrería Mundial, in its plant located in Guarne (Antioquia).
