Bridget Klebaur, Associate Editor06.06.13
While expectations for the metallic pigments market were positive for 2013, especially for the U.S. market, companies Coatings World spoke with reported it has been somewhat of a slow start.
“Frankly speaking, we expected a much better start in North America,” said Joerg Krames, global business line manager coatings and plastics, Eckart GmbH. “However, especially for the U.S. market, we remain positive, for the rest of the year as well as for 2014.”
Krames also said that while South America will experience a positive stimulation of the economy due to global sports events, and Germany has recovered a bit and will experience some upsides for 2014, the outlook for Europe is very poor due to the weakness in France, Italy and Spain, particularly in automotive.
Aaron Hollman, global product manager effect pigments, performance pigments, Sun Chemical, echoed this sentiment saying that although Sun Chemical has seen positive growth in the first quarter of 2013, they are facing lower metallic pigment demand in Europe due to the economic downturn. Likewise they are seeing stronger demand in the U.S, Latin America and Asia.
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“Frankly speaking, we expected a much better start in North America,” said Joerg Krames, global business line manager coatings and plastics, Eckart GmbH. “However, especially for the U.S. market, we remain positive, for the rest of the year as well as for 2014.”
Krames also said that while South America will experience a positive stimulation of the economy due to global sports events, and Germany has recovered a bit and will experience some upsides for 2014, the outlook for Europe is very poor due to the weakness in France, Italy and Spain, particularly in automotive.
Aaron Hollman, global product manager effect pigments, performance pigments, Sun Chemical, echoed this sentiment saying that although Sun Chemical has seen positive growth in the first quarter of 2013, they are facing lower metallic pigment demand in Europe due to the economic downturn. Likewise they are seeing stronger demand in the U.S, Latin America and Asia.
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