Universal Colors is a brand of industrial and marine paints and coatings, manufactured since 1999 by the Peruvian company J & S COATING PERU S.A.C.
Its founder, Juana Antonia Espinoza Reyes, became cognizant of an opportunity in the marine coatings industry around the turn of the millennium. When her brothers, whom she had previously worked with in a family business setting, baulked at the opportunity, she decided to pursue it on her own.
Later, Juana’s daughters, Erika and Lizbeth, joined her in business after earning their engineering degrees. Together, they have shown remarkable tenacity and entrepreneurial tack in rising to the top of their male-dominated industry despite Peru’s intermittently volatile economic conditions. Universal Colors is now one of Peru’s leading suppliers of marine coatings and paints.
