European Coatings Show 2011 Bigger Than Ever

The European Coatings Show 2011 continued its reputation as the leading international exhibition for paints, coatings, sealants, construction chemicals and adhesives. The exhibition set new records again in 2011. In all 886 exhibitors from 45 countries presented their products and services on a record net display area of more than 30,000 square meters, according to Vincentz Network. The show organizer said roughly 26,000 trade visitors made their way through the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, making it the center of the coatings world over the course of the three-day event from March 29-31. With these figures, the 2011 event beat the previous record set in 2007.

The European Coatings Show once again proved it is the meeting place for the global coatings community. It truly represents the global coatings industry with 61 percent of its exhibitors being international (2009: 57 percent). This makes it an ideal dialogue platform for experts from all over the world. The leading exhibitor nations after Germany (343 exhibitors) were China (120 exhibitors), Italy (47 exhibitors) and the Netherlands (46 exhibitors), according to Vincentz Network’s closing report.