What Pachin does

Pachin is a privately held Egyptian paint and coatings manufacturer founded in 1966, operating for approximately sixty years across decorative, industrial, and specialty ink segments. Its product portfolio comprises five core families: Interior Paints, Exterior Paints, Industrial Paints, Inks (including Offset, Flexo, Silk Screen, Metal Coating, Rotogravure, and Textile subcategories), and Alkyd coatings. Beyond manufacturing, Pachin operates a network of dedicated Tinting Centers that provide on-demand professional color mixing and shade-matching services, differentiating the business from pure-product competitors by combining physical service infrastructure with its catalog of formulated coatings.

The underlying technology is formulation-based rather than software-based, centered on paint and coating chemistry tailored to decorative, industrial, and specialty printing applications, supplemented by color trend development and an annual curated palette (most recently Color Trend 2026 with Mocha Mousse-inspired hues). Distribution is hybrid: Tinting Centers serve as the primary offline channel for residential, professional, and small commercial customers, while the bilingual Arabic/English website (pachinpaints.com) supports product discovery, catalog downloads, an interactive Color Visualizer, and inbound customer inquiries via a global country-code form. The business model is transactional product sale of coatings and inks, with no disclosed pricing, subscription, or recurring-revenue components.

Pachin serves four distinct customer segments: Residential/Homeowners (primary) for interior and exterior decoration; Industrial customers (primary) requiring high-performance protective and manufacturing coatings; Professional Painters and Contractors seeking consistent grade products and tinting access; and Printing Industry buyers needing specialized inks for offset, flexo, rotogravure, silk screen, textile, and metal coating processes. The go-to-market motion is sales-led through the Tinting Center network and supplemented by website-driven inbound engagement, with marketing executed through product catalogs, the Color Visualizer tool, annual Color Trends publications, and social media presence. No revenue, headcount, ownership, partnership, certification, or M&A data is publicly disclosed.

Name

Pachin

Legal name

Pachin

Website

https://pachin.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1966

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Pachin is a 60-year-old Egyptian paint and coatings manufacturer selling Interior, Exterior, Industrial, Ink, and Alkyd products through a network of Tinting Centers and its website, serving residential, industrial, contractor, and printing-industry customers across the region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Paint and Coatings

NAICS

Paint and Coating Manufacturing (32551)

SIC

Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels & Allied Prods (2851)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial & Protective Coatings (IMAEAGAB)

Keywords

• Decorative paints
• Industrial coatings
• Printing inks
• Alkyd paints
• Tinting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Benha

HQ country

Egypt

HQ region

Africa

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Paint and Coating Products: Sale of decorative paints (interior and exterior), industrial paints, alkyd coatings, and specialized inks through product catalog. Products sold through Tinting Centers and direct sales channels.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pachin manufactures and sells a comprehensive range of paint and coating products including decorative Interior and Exterior Paints, Industrial Paints, specialized printing Inks (Offset, Flexo, Silk Screen, Metal Coating, Rotogravure, Textile), and Alkyd-based coatings. The company operates a network of Tinting Centers providing professional color mixing and tinting services, and supports customers with digital tools including a Color Visualizer and annual Color Trends publications.

Product overview

Pachin is a 60-year-old Egyptian paint and coating company offering a comprehensive portfolio of Decorative, Industrial, Inks, and Alkyd paint products. The product portfolio includes Interior Paints, Exterior Paints, Industrial Paints, Inks (with subcategories: Offset Inks, Flexo, Silk Screen, Metal Coating, Rotogravure, and Textile), and Alkyd products. Beyond manufacturing, Pachin provides professional Tinting Centers for color mixing services and digital tools including a Color Visualizer and Color Trends (featuring 2026's Mocha Mousse-inspired palette). The company positions itself as a complete paint and coating solutions provider for both decorative and industrial applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Interior Paints Decorative interior paint products for residential and commercial interior applications, including Smart Paint Effects finishes engineered for durable elegance.
• Exterior Paints Exterior paint products designed for outdoor surfaces and weather resistance for residential and commercial exterior applications.
• Industrial Paints Industrial-grade coating solutions for industrial applications, machinery, and facilities requiring high-performance protective finishes.
• Inks Specialized printing inks for commercial printing operations, including Offset Inks, Flexo, Silk Screen, Metal Coating (Can Coating), Rotogravure, and Textile inks crafted for clarity and consistency across different printing processes and substrates.
• Alkyd Coatings Alkyd-based paint products for industrial and decorative coating applications, drawing on alkyd resin chemistry used across the portfolio.
• Tinting Centers Professional color mixing and tinting service delivered through a regional network of Pachin Tinting Centers, providing on-demand custom shade matching across the decorative and industrial paint product lines.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sipes Egypt: Egyptian paint manufacturer offering decorative, industrial, and marine coatings. Sipes is the most direct Egyptian competitor to Pachin with overlapping product categories and a similar regional distribution model.
• Mido Coatings (Mido Paints): Egyptian paint manufacturer producing decorative and industrial coatings. Mido competes head-to-head with Pachin in the Egyptian decorative and industrial paint segments with comparable tinting service models.
• Giant Group / Orient Paints (Egypt): Egyptian paint producer with decorative and industrial product lines. Giant Group is a comparable mid-tier Egyptian competitor sharing Pachin's customer base of residential, contractor, and industrial buyers.
• National Paints Factories (UAE/Egypt): Regional paint manufacturer with operations across MENA including Egypt. National Paints overlaps with Pachin in decorative, industrial, and protective coatings across similar customer segments.

Broad incumbents

• PPG Industries: Global industrial and architectural coatings manufacturer. PPG overlaps with Pachin's industrial paints segment in protective, marine, and packaging coatings categories.
• Hempel Paints: Danish global coatings company with MENA distribution. Hempel overlaps with Pachin's industrial and protective coatings portfolio, particularly in marine, infrastructure, and industrial maintenance segments.
• Kansai Paint (Egypt): Japanese coatings group operating across MENA. Kansai competes with Pachin in decorative, automotive, and industrial coatings, leveraging global formulations and OEM relationships.
• Sherwin-Williams: World's largest paint company with broad decorative and industrial portfolios. While not strongly present in Egypt, Sherwin-Williams represents the global benchmark that Pachin competes against in cross-border industrial accounts.
• AkzoNobel / Dulux (Egypt): Global coatings leader with Dulux decorative brand widely distributed in MENA. AkzoNobel competes with Pachin in architectural and industrial coatings, leveraging multinational scale, certifications, and brand investment.
• Jotun Paints (Egypt): Norwegian multinational with strong MENA presence including Egypt. Jotun competes with Pachin across decorative, marine, and protective coatings, bringing global R&D and brand standards to the same regional markets.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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