A wide range of top-quality products from Caparol has been used on the prestigious Mazaya Centre project. These include Amphibolin 2000, which is an emulsion paint, Amphisil, a new generation paint which allows the painted surface to "breathe", and other high-quality stone finish and emulsion paints.

''For more than a century, Caparol has been a trusted name in Germany where it has its headquarters. Today, it is the largest producer of water-based paints in Europe with operations in 25 countries,'' says a company spokesman. ''Just over two years ago, Caparol established its operations in the UAE and has since been setting trends and standards, particularly in the field of building paints. The company's focus, over the years, has been on quality and customer satisfaction and the company hopes to continue to serve customer interest by providing high-quality products in the years to come.''

Caparol's product range can be divided into three broad categories: Decorative paints; protective coatings; and external thermal insulation composite systems. The entire range consists of 4,000 products, which provide complete solutions to the building industry, he says.

From the UAE, Caparol covers all the GCC countries, the Central Asian republics and Africa. For the first few years, the company will concentrate on the decorative paint and protective coating industry.

Some of the products being currently marketed are: High-quality emulsions and primers, stone finish paints, polyurethane and epoxy coatings, acrylic coatings, textured paints, crack bridging paints, silicone and silicate-based paints.

In the UAE, its best-selling products are building paints.

''With its technology base, Caparol is in a position to introduce technologically-advanced products to these markets,'' the spokesman says.

The company plans to introduce protective coatings for concrete, decorative and heavy-duty floor coatings and a wide range of new generation products in the near future.

''The Caparol laboratories and production facilities in Germany and elsewhere are state of the art. Due to modern production facilities, it is able to guarantee a constant degree of quality, which meets the requirements of DIN, EN and ISO 9001,'' he adds.