DFV is an Italian company with significant international presence, and a leader in the field of coatings for architectural and industrial applications.
Founded in 1972, DFV currently operates 4 production units in Italy (Lecce, Venice, Bari, and Agrigento), 2 in Brazil (São Paulo and Florianópolis), and 1 in Australia (Sydney). All production sites are equipped with modern vertical and horizontal coating systems, as well as wood-effect decoration technologies, enabling DFV to offer a wide range of high-quality colours to several thousand customers, including window fabricators, aluminum profile distributors, manufacturers, and system designers for residential and industrial architecture.
DFV’s product range includes classic and special RAL colours, wood-effect coatings, and decorative finishes. The company’s core business is represented by its patented EZY and EZY HD2 wood-effect decorations, developed using powder-on-powder technology. DFV provides all aluminum coating and decoration technologies: RAL, powder-on-powder EZY, EZYHD, and Sublimated.

The partnership between DFV and Sherwin-Williams began in the early 2000s. The Companies collaborate for the realisation of wood-effect products, many speckled effect coatings, now also developed in Qualicoat Class 2 version, and the whole range of finishes for architectural. The Syntha Pulvin® powders used by DFV are suitable for architectural use and are Qualicoat and GSB approved. 

THE WORLD OF COLOUR

The DFV production plants are equipped with large automatic warehouses, directly connected to the coating systems, and large compactable warehouses that double storage capacity and optimise controls and material handling. An automatic vertical multi-column powder warehouse is operational, positioned near the coating booths, where the boxes of powder coatings are stored. The proximity storage of the raw material fully responds to the principle of the lean production system adopted by DFV, allowing coaters to independently pick up the raw material, when needed, in the quantity needed, simultaneously eliminating all unproductive times as well as any identification and picking errors. Great attention is always paid to the quality of the packaging, to the rapid management of orders, to the online query of their status, to short delivery times.
The careful planning of the production processes and the scrupulous control on each phase of the manufacturing process ensure quality and efficiency up to the finished product. Inside the Quality Control Laboratory, checks and sampling are carried out daily on each production batch.
The values that distinguish DFV Total Quality are the enhancement of human capital and skills, training and continuous updating of personnel, attention to environmental and ethical sustainability in industrial processes, the care of personalised relationships with customers and stakeholders, investment policies in research and development. DFV guarantees for 10 years the coating of all coated aluminum products in its production plants concerning pitting, cracks, flaking, detachment of the coating film, degradation of brightness, and alterations to light. The warranty extends up to 15 years for all Class 2 coated products.