Who We Are
OUR STORY
Plascon Paint Expert: Where Experience Meets Excellence
At Plascon Paint Expert, our collective experience spans hundreds of years, making us a trusted leader in the paint industry. With over 80 member stores across South Africa, we are proud to include some of the country’s oldest and most respected paint stores in our group. Our members are deeply rooted in their communities, and because most of our stores are owner-managed, you can always expect the highest level of quality and personal attention when you visit a Plascon Paint Expert store.
Our dedicated head office team, led by CEO Gary van der Merwe, Head of Marketing Cheryl Lotter, Sales & Operations Manager Brian Vosloo, and Training Manager Fred Johnston, ensures that our standards of excellence are consistently met.
So, how does Paint Club (Pty) Ltd fit in? Established by Mike Christie in 2008, Paint Club is the buying group that unites our members. As loyal stockists of Plascon broadwall coatings, we’ve partnered with Plascon to create the prestigious Plascon Paint Expert brand – an exclusive badge of expertise that sets us apart from our competitors and signals our mastery in the coatings industry.
Looking for a Plascon Paint Expert store near you? Use our member directory to find a Paint Specialist in your area.
Meet The HQ
Brief history
Enhancing Expertise with Our Training Department
2023
At Paint Expert, we’re dedicated to continually improving our service to customers. Recognising the importance of ongoing education, we’ve expanded our head office team to include a specialised Training Manager. This role is focused on upskilling our member stores, ensuring they lead the industry in paint service excellence and expertise. Our commitment to superior training guarantees that every customer receives the highest level of professional guidance and support, firmly establishing us as experts in the paint industry.
EST HARDWARE AFFILIATION
2021
In line with being market leaders, we identified a need to have a stronger offering in the hardware space to support our new Plascon Paint Expert Store concept. With this in mind, we entered into an agreement with EST Building Group, who have over 800 affiliated retail stores in SA and SADC region. This new affiliation offers several business synergies which include the consolidation of hardware structures within the Plascon Paint Expert, empowering our small and medium independent building and hardware retail members to compete successfully and deliver higher value to the end consumer.
PLASCON PAINT EXPERT
2020
Paint Club stores incorporate the Plascon Paint Expert branding into their store universe, showing-casing our stores as the destination stores of choice when it comes to paint and allied products in South Africa, and backed up and endorsed by South Africa’s leading paint manufacturer, Plascon SA.
RE-BRANDING
2018
Paint Club underwent a re-branding and arrived at the current cutting-edge look and feel. Paint Club continues to recruit members and delight consumers all over South Africa.
59 Members Nationwide
2017
In 2017 Gary van der Merwe and the Paint Club members purchased the Club, after Mike Christie sadly passed away. At this juncture Paint Club had become a force to be reckoned with, with 59 members nationwide.
Paint Club Founded
2008
Paint Club was founded by Mike Christie, the ex-MD of Plascon, along with Mike Parsons, the retired Plascon Sales Director, after identifying an opportunity in the market to bond exclusive Plascon stockists into a unique buying group, offering these trade stalwarts the benefits of group buying power and a unified marketing approach. The Paint Club started with only 10 member paint stores.
Brief history
Paint Club Founded
2008
Paint Club was founded by Mike Christie, the ex-MD of Plascon, along with Mike Parsons, the retired Plascon Sales Director, after identifying an opportunity in the market to bond exclusive Plascon stockists into a unique buying group, offering these trade stalwarts the benefits of group buying power and a unified marketing approach. The Paint Club started with only 10 member paint stores.
59 Members Nationwide
2017
In 2017 Gary van der Merwe and the Paint Club members purchased the Club, after Mike Christie sadly passed away. At this juncture Paint Club had become a force to be reckoned with, with 59 members nationwide.
RE-BRANDING
2018
Paint Club underwent a re-branding and arrived at the current cutting-edge look and feel. Paint Club continues to recruit members and delight consumers all over South Africa.
PLASCON PAINT EXPERT
2020
Paint Club stores incorporate the Plascon Paint Expert branding into their store universe, showing-casing our stores as the destination stores of choice when it comes to paint and allied products in South Africa, and backed up and endorsed by South Africa’s leading paint manufacturer, Plascon SA.
EST HARDWARE AFFILIATION
2021
In line with being market leaders, we identified a need to have a stronger offering in the hardware space to support our new Paint Expert Store concept. With this in mind, we entered into an agreement with EST Building Group, who have over 800 affiliated retail stores in SA and SADC region. This new affiliation offers several business synergies which include the consolidation of hardware structures within the Paint Club, empowering our small and medium independent building and hardware retail members to compete successfully and deliver higher value to the end consumer.