Kerry Pianoforte, Editor 04.25.19
Coatings World’s 2019 CEO Forum features executives from 10 coatings companies offering their insights on the industry. This year’s forum includes CEOs from leading coatings companies from the U.S., Europe and Asia. The participants are Henrik Andersen, President and CEO, Hempel Group; John Falder, CEO, HMG Paints; Boris Gorella, CEO, Beckers Group; Michael H. McGarry, Chairman and CEO, PPG Industries; Abhijit Roy, CEO, Berger Paints; Daniel Llinas Salá, CEO, Titan Lux; Tetsushi Tado, CEO, Nippon Paint; Thierry Vanlancker, CEO, AkzoNobel; Armodios Yannidis, CEO, Vitex.
CW: In what areas are you focusing your R&D efforts?
Andersen: Our preferred way of working is as our customers’ innovation partner, as this is the best way to add value to our customers and ensure that the solutions we develop are well-suited to the market. This demands that we truly understand a customer’s business, that our entire global organisation works to develop solutions that address the customer’s business needs, and we test and refine these solutions in collaboration with the customer.
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CW: In what areas are you focusing your R&D efforts?
Andersen: Our preferred way of working is as our customers’ innovation partner, as this is the best way to add value to our customers and ensure that the solutions we develop are well-suited to the market. This demands that we truly understand a customer’s business, that our entire global organisation works to develop solutions that address the customer’s business needs, and we test and refine these solutions in collaboration with the customer.
With 15 R&D center
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