Earl Scheib

Founded by Earl Scheib (February 28, 1908 – February 29, 1992) in Los Angeles in 1937 the company grew quickly following World War II and by 1975 had branches in Germany and England, all company owned, with Scheib manufacturing his own paint through a wholly owned subsidiary.

On February 18, 2009, Earl Scheib and Kelly Capital announced the signing of the merger agreement. Kelly Capital acquired the company in the second quarter of 2009 following shareholder approval of a merger agreement.

Very soon thereafter I was put to the task of redesigning the website and Corporate Identity.  After spending some time reviewing the old original TV commercials where Earl would show a great deal of pride in the high gloss finish of his paint ( using things like a Gloss-o-meter) I was convinced that Earl Would have loved the Big Glossy Web 2.0 look.