SOMAY MANUFACTURING INC
MIAMI, FLORIDA

started by a young entrepreneur who had moved to Miami from Columbus, Ohio, Sy Greene, his wife, Myrtle, and his brother Bob. In the early 1920’s, they served as a distributor of raw materials used to make paints, and the company was known as Southern Manufacturer’s Agency – thus the derivation of the name “SOMAY.” In those days, many experienced painters would buy linseed oil, rosin, turpentine, dry powder pigments of various colors, and materials to try to save the city’s buildings, prevailed on the Greene family to help. There were no when they made the first batch of a waterproofing coating that could be applied on top of hurricane damaged roofs to help stop leaks, waterproof and protect and preserve the city’s buildings. And, as the story goes, it was that day that the seeds were planted that made SOMAY a top Southern Manufacturer’s Agency and its related marketing company, Somay Products, Inc., were purchased in 1973 by a group of investors led by Garth R. Parker, who served as the company’s second President. using just soap and water. And for many years, SOMAY’s principal customer for these new products was Sears, Roebuck & Co. During the war years, SOMAY closed its local Dade County architectural paint stores and concentrated all its resources it could provide as a roof coating distributor on providing paint for the military & shipping over 3,000 gallons per day to Fort Benning, in Georgia. After the war, SOMAY was the first paint company in the country to start advertising paint on waterproofing system, which it sells under its patented trademark name, SOMAY “ROOF MASTIC”®, SOMAY’s largest selling, highest volume, and most widely distributed coating product, shipped all around the world. and Coast Guard vessels, major petroleum offshore oil production platforms, pipelines, shipping docks and piers, even the Panama Canal. It is the only product in the world which has US Navy approval for application underwater to US Navy vessels. that has helped to protect, preserve and beautify , SOMAY continues to work with customers from around the world in helping to make our world a better, more attractive place to live. OPEN: M-F 8-4 © 2014 Somay Products, Inc. SOMAY Product No. 127, SOMAY “Gator-Hyde” Vinyl/Acrylic latex Flat Wall Paint Custom Colors BUSINESS IS CUSTOM MANUFACTURING PAINTS AND COATINGS TO OUR CUSTOMERS’ OWN SPECIFICATION, TO A GOVERNMENT SPECIFICATION, OR TO ANY CUSTOM COLOR, IN ANY FINISH, IN PRACTICALLY ANY RESIN OR SOLVENT SYSTEM, AND WITH YOUR OWN PRIVATE LABEL IF YOU WISH. We enthusiastically encourage all custom paint business, a service we can provide much more expeditiously and economically than other paint manufacturers. In fact, confidentially has custom manufactured paint for other internationally prominent paint manufacturers who sell the paint under their own world-renowned labels. Roof coating for old cedar shingle roofs to make them fire resistant and to help waterproof, protect, and preserve them, for warehouses and shipyards in the Caribbean. We do not provide application estimates since we are licensed only as a manufacturer, but upon request will be pleased to provide the names of local contractors who apply one or more of our coatings.