COLUMBUS – Williamsburg Handmade Oil Colors has made the move 30 miles north from one small upstate New York town to another. On May 21, Golden Artist Colors completed the purchase of the small manufacturer and is now producing the oil colors in the Golden Custom Lab facilities within its original factory in New Berlin.

Barbara Schindler, President of Golden Artist Colors, shared, “We are very excited to be making Williamsburg Oils. I’m delighted that we were able to offer positions in our company to all staff from Williamsburg. Retaining the staff responsible for producing quality Williamsburg Handmade Oil Colors was an important objective and we look forward to working together and gaining their valuable knowledge.” The employees from Williamsburg will be joining Golden, which recently became one of only about 4,000 majority employee-owned companies in the entire U.S.