For the first time Leeds-based paint maker Brouns & Co expects to top £100,000 in US exports this year after a year of growth in the market.
The company make traditional paints based on linseed oil made from West Yorkshire-grown flax. Founder and CEO Michiel Brouns, who has been working with International trade advisers from the Department of International Trade in Yorkshire, has seen huge interest in the Yorkshire flax-based products.
He said: “Linseed paint has been used for hundreds of years to protect and coat wood both inside and outside, and the US architectural heritage means there are enormous numbers of timber-build buildings, hence we have been working to raise awareness of the products Stateside.”
Brouns & Co is one of only a handful of linseed paint manufacturers in Europe.
