Carl Wilhelm Becker founded Beckers in 1865 in a shop in Stockholm. 121 years later, the company merged with Alfort & Cronholm and Alcro-Beckers was founded. Today, the company produces 30 million litres of paint every year.
1865
Beckers is founded by Carl Wilhelm Becker, a young German active in the paint industry. He finds that the Swedish market is virtually undeveloped and the first shop is started in Stockholm to sell paint, pharmaceuticals and chemicals.
1874
The first production plant is started for paint and varnishes.
1906
Alfort & Cronholm is founded by J.M. Alfort and C.W. Cronholm. The company manufactures paint in a production plant in Stockholm, Sweden.
1951
Beckers produces the first water-based paint.
1964
The first non-Swedish start-up, Oy Wilh. Becker AB, is formed in Finland.
1975
Beckers moves beyond the Nordic region, seeking new markets in Europe. The first country selected is England and Becker Paint Limited is formed.
1986
The consumer and professional painting operations of Alfort & Cronholm and Beckers are merged to form Alcro-Beckers.
1996
Alcro-Beckers acquires Pigrol, a German paint company with production in Ansbach, as well as Archipel, a French distributor. Both companies are incorporated in the Alcro-Beckers Group. Ray Munn Ltd, becomes the UK importer/distributor
2001
Tikkurila Oy, Finland’s biggest paint company, buys Alcro-Beckers. Tikkurila Oy is part of the Kemira Group.
Beckers was the first paint brand in the UK to have been awarded the prestigious EC ‘Eco-Flower’ symbol for environmental safety for many of our products - plus the endorsement of the Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association in our home country
What’s more, Beckers was the first paint brand sold in the UK to have been awarded the prestigious EU ‘Eco-Flower’ symbol for environmental safety for many of our products - plus the endorsement of the Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association in our home country. One key differentiation from all other UK paint brands is that our full range of paints and coatings can be supplied in an infinite range of colours, using the Beckers Spectrophotometer. This machine scans and matches colours exactly. It does not just select the closest shade on a computer database, as other paint mixing systems do.