ARD Raccanello was born in 1939 and has become the 3rd biggest paint manufacturer in Italy. It manufactures and sells a full range of professional varnishes, enamels and paints for the building industry.Thanks to its 80 year history, ARD has achived a great experience in paints and colors for buildings. ARD has 2 production plants, both in north east of Italy, and more than 800 distributors.We produce 100% MADE IN ITALY products, taking care of quality and green topics. We built up through time a serious environmental policy, which involves production activities but also, more and more, the product proposal.ARD Raccanello produces mainly 3 categories of professional products for Interiors & Exteriors: 1) Traditional products for Wall, Metal, Wood, Stone and Concrete ( primers and finishes, either water and solvent base ) 2) Problem solving products: special products to treat specific problems in construction sites (silicate, elastomeric, siloxane, HACCP enamels for wall, anti-carbonating paints for concrete, antimould and anti-algae products, other ) 3) Lime and Decorative products for making Venetian Stucco, Marmorino, Travertino and all the other decorative effects( texture and materic, perlescent, metallic, sandy, rust and oxidated metal, etc ).