HISTORY
OF
TURNER

From a Japanese
Paint manufacturer
to a Colour
manufacturer.

Beautiful colours that stimulate your sensibilities and add colours to your life. Turner Colour Works Ltd. crossed over from a "paint manufacturer" to become a " colour manufacturer", providing a unique colorful experience in your life.

1946
Establishes Marudai Industries Ltd. as a company selling paints.
1947
Changes its name to Turner Colour Chemical Ltd. and begins manufacturing paint.
1948
Launches Poster colour, which has a diverse range of uses and provides excellent colouration.
1956
Launches Neo Colour, a paint for short-term outdoor use.
1958
Changes its name to Turner Colour Works Ltd.
1960
Institutes the "eye" symbol as the company logo.
Launches Neo Colour Bright, a paint with a high degree of luminosity.
1963
Launches Alpha Colour, Japan’s first resin paint.
1970
Establishes Tokyo branch office.
1971
Launches Design Gouache, a top-grade gouache colour.
1982
Launches Acryl Gouache, an opaque acrylic paint. Installs Japan’s first Cobal Mill.
1985
Becomes the first in the industry to start working on switching to laminated tubes.
Installs a production line for filling tubes with paint.
1987
Launches Neo Colour Pearl, a pearlescent paint.
1990
Holds the Big Art System presentation-aimed at designing urban landscapes-Launches Big Art Colour, a paint for murals.
1993
Presents the Temple and Shrine Colouration System.
1996
Launches Event Colour, a paint with a short life-span for use at events.
1999
Acquires ISO 9001 certification.
2000
Launches Acryl Gouache Lamé Colour Series, Three Primary Colours, J Colour, a low-VOC paint for interior use.
2002
Launches Acryl Gouache Japanesque Series, Acryl Gouache Colour Pearl Series.
2009
Relaunches Turner Artists Watercolour paint.
2013
Launches a fabric paint.
2014
Launches DIY products like Milk Paint and Magnet Paint.
Creation of “Colours of Life”, advertisement video for Acryl Gouache.
2016
Won the gold prize at the One Show in the USA with a commercial based on “Colours of Life”.
2018
Hiroshi Jihira assumed office as chairman and the new president is Takashi Matsumura.
Establishes Turner Colour Works Europe.
Launches Acryl Gouache Yusuke Nakamura Set.
2019
Completely Renews the package of “Artistsʼ Water Colour”.
2020
Launches <Schleiper® Gesso> by collaborating with ʻSchleiper®ʼ, a long-established Art Material Store for the Imperial Family of Belgium.
2022
Launches Artistsʼ Water Colour Paint, “Japanesque Colours 5mL 12 Colours”.
Launches singular tube of Acryl Gouache “Ankoku Black”.
2023
Acquires ISO 14001 certification.
2024
Launches Acryl Gouache “Black Hole”.