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ABOUT US
Our Proud Heritage
 The origin of the company goes back more than 100 years, to 1889 when Herbert Evans, a young Welshman, arrived in the bustling mining town of Johannesburg with a cart, a ladder, some paint brushes and a level of ambition matched only by his integrity. Two years later, he had founded Herbert Evans (Proprietary) Limited, thus establishing his own paint manufacturing business.
Success followed and in 1910 Herbert Evans launched the first “ready-mixed” colour paints in South Africa. In 1915, Parthenon became the trademark of Herbert Evans (Proprietary) Limited, the first of several milestones in his life, which also included the development of a floor polish and a revolutionary “best elastic” carriage varnish that could accommodate the expansion and contraction of wooden carriage wheels and underworks. Herbert Evans’ next step was into the automotive paint business in 1949, when he began preparing coatings under licence for Akzo Nobel. By this time the company had an entrenched reputation for innovation, quality and service and was ready to expand. The opportunity for expansion arrived and Herbert Evans (Proprietary) Limited combined operations with Chrome Chemicals, a partnership that formed the basis of the Plascon business that was acquired by Barloworld in 1970.
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