ye yenziwa ukudala uphawu olutsha lwePlascon eye yathengwa nguBarloworld ngo-1970. Kuthe kamva le nkampani yaziwa njengeBarloworld Coatings. Phakathi kuka-2004 no-2006, uBarloworld Coatings uqalise ngokuthenga izinto ezithandwayo wafumana iingcaphephe kwezijongene nemibala, iNkampani yeMibala yamazwe ngamazwe i-International Colour Company, eyenza iibrashi, iHamilton Brush nenkampani elenza iipeyinti zokwenza kubekuhle, iMidas Earthcote. Ezi zinto zifumanekayo zenze baba baninzi abathengi bakwaBarloworld Coatings neenkonzo zabo zanda. Ekupheleni kuka-1990, uBarloworld Coatings uye wafikelela nakwezinye iindawo zase-Africa, e-United Kingdom nase-Australia ebonelela ngeepeyinti ezenza kuhle, zefenitshala nezeemoto nezamashishini.