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Brazil’s Abrafati Breaks Records with 2019 Show

Abrafati logged a 40 percent increase in exhibitors this year – up to more than 10,000 – in Sao Paulo, of which about 40 percent were international.

Charles W. Thurston, Latin America Correspondent 11.11.19

Russia Ramps Up Marine Coatings Production

The demand for marine coatings in Russia is on the rise driven by a full-fledged boom in the domestic shipbuilding industry. The domestic production has been seen steadily growing thanks to the efforts of some international companies launching their…

Vladislav Vorotnikov, Russia Correspondent 11.11.19

Simplification Drives Innovation for Protective and Marine Coatings

Innovation in protective and marine coatings is being driven by the need for greater simplification with fewer coatings layers and greater reliance on performance data. This was evident at press conferences by Hempel and PPG Industries on the late…

Sean Milmo, European Correspondent 09.30.19

Architecture Coatings Consumption Shows Softening Signals

When regional expansion in China is completed, the architecture coatings market will enter a maturing stage.

Arnold Wang, China Correspondent 09.30.19

How Africa Can Mitigate High TiO2 Prices

Africa’s population is now 1.18 billion and is set to double by 2050 creating huge demand for urban infrastructure and housing that could trigger more growth for the region’s paint and ceramic industries, key drivers in increasing consump…

Shem Oirere, Africa Correspondent 09.30.19

Mexico Boosts Oil & Gas CapEx and Maintenance Spending

The demand for new industrial coatings, as well as corrosion-control and other maintenance coatings, is expected to rise with the increased spending.

Charles W. Thurston, Latin America Correspondent 09.30.19

The Paints and Coatings Industry in the Philippines

The Philippines is primarily considered a newly industrialized country, which has an economy in transition from one based on agriculture to one based more on manufacturing and services. Though hitherto catered by domestic paints and coating p…

Yogender Singh, India, Asia-Pacific Correspondent 09.03.19

Printing Inks: An Overlooked Segment

Russian coatings manufacturers have applied to the federal government seeking the introduction of higher import duties on printed inks and removal of restrictions that nearly drove some companies in the industry to the edge of bankruptcy. O…

Vladislav Vorotnikov, Russia Correspondent 09.03.19

Cuba Market Expands with Hotel Development

Cuba’s long-closed market has begun to open more rapidly as the tourism industry grows and brings more revenue to the island. More than 4,000 new hotel rooms are being built this year, mostly in the capital of Havana, where there are already…

Charles W. Thurston, Latin America Correspondent 09.03.19

EU Coatings Market Half Year Report

Europe’s economies are suffering from the impact of a global economic downturn. But for European coatings producers, it is an opportunity to show how well they have been reorganizing themselves to cope with economic pressures. Demand for…

Sean Milmo, European Correspondent 09.03.19

How Africa Can Mitigate High TiO2 Prices

Africa’s population is currently 1.18 billion and set to double by 2050, creating a huge demand for urban infrastructure and housing that could trigger more growth for the region’s paints and ceramic industries, key drivers in increasing…

Shem Oirere, Africa Correspondent 08.23.19

Chinese Coatings Market Moves West

Since 2017 Sichuan has become the fourth largest coatings province in China, behind Guangdong, Shanghai and Jiangsu. The coatings output in Shanghai and Jiangsu province dropped dramatically in 2018, mainly because of environment control and inspecti…

Arnold Wang, China Correspondent 08.09.19

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