Tambour, Israel’s leading paint manufacturing and marketing company, is a modern company specializing in the manufacture and marketing of quality decorative and industrial paints, special application paints for aircraft, railroads and ships, advanced construction materials, emulsions for the paint industry, paper and cardboard, adhesives for construction and wood, printing ink, automobile paints, floor paints, powder coatings, road marking paints, gypsum, sealants and more. Tambour ownership is held by Granite Hacarmel Invest. Ltd. As of February 2005, Tambour’s shares are traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange.
Products and Services
Tambour manufactures a broad range of products:
• Paints for Construction – A large selection of paints and coatings for exterior and interior use on wood and metal. TambourMix, a computerized system, produces any color from Tambour’s thousands of colors. Many special textures for walls, wood and metal are available for a unique and striking effect.
• Painting Solutions for Industry – Tambour develops paints for protecting metal and concrete in marine, urban and industrial environments: marine paints, special paints for Israel Military Industries, Israel Aircraft Industries and IDF, paints for wood and road marking, epoxy coatings for floors and concrete, stoving paints and electrostatic powders, paints for the high-tech industry and advanced polyurethane coatings.
•Advanced Construction Materials – Tambour’s Ashkelon plant manufactures building materials acrylic emulations, adhesives for construction and wood, additives and sealing materials, with marketing franchises for Henkel construction products and BASF infrastructure and chemical products.
• Printing Inks – Tambour’s advanced printing ink plant specializes in water-based inks, UV inks and offset inks, among others.
• Automotive Paints – Tambour’s fully owned subsidiary supplies paint to garages and “Glazurit” glazes under a BASF franchise.
• Gypsum Products – Tambour Gypsum market includes:
• Gypsum Boards • Hanging profile systems • Installation without joint filling • Decorative ceilings • Insulation • Gypsum blocks building blocks without belts • Cement boards and special boards for wet areas • Fillers • Complementary Material
Tambour Offers State-of-the-Art Ceilings to the Israeli Market: Tambour is the exclusive representative of Vogl & OWA International companies in Israel. Both companies offer complete ceilings system solutions, full professional support and innovative top quality products and systems with international regulations.
Protecting Environmental Quality
Tambour adapted its products to strict European environmental quality regulations in force since 2007, offering a variety of water based products for every use (quality wall paints, paints and lacquers for wood and metal), and environmentally friendly products that include: Supercryl PRO Professional Products for wood and metal special effect paints.
All products are water-based, environment and user friendly, and bear the Green Mark of the Standards Institution of Israel.
Tambour constantly invests in systems for protecting environmental quality: sewage treatment and air treatment.
Tambour Emphasizes the Importance of Green Building: Using gypsum allows reducing energy consumption by the use of high quality thermal insulation. 30% less energy consumption per ton in producing gypsum (compare to cement production). The plant uses a full recyclable materials system with a first grade-closed loop, recycling waste paper by using it as paper fibers reinforcement.
R&D
To remain at the forefront while producing excellent products, Tambour constantly engages in research and development at its advanced laboratory, releasing each year new paints with unique effects, industrial paints and various construction materials.
Marketing & Customer Service
Tambour aims to provide the most advanced quality products and excellent service to its customers.
• A network of over 600 TambourMix color mixing machines are deployed throughout Israel.
• Technical consultants support architects, building contractors and house owners. An innovative website facilitates designing home interiors.
• A color design workshop for professionals and the general public.
• Last September Tambour has opened “Tambour House” – a living concept for colors and paint. It is a unique place to experience colors: Walls covered by inspirational colors give the visitors an opportunity to really get to know colors before choosing one.
An Export-Oriented Company
Tambour’s products are sold worldwide, in Europe, the Mediterranean basin, Africa, the Far East and America.
International Cooperation
Tambour is a member of two major international trade associations, NOVA and CRGI. Tambour laboratories cooperate with overseas bodies to promote product development and improvement.