The main features of recent color trends in Europe have been a greater preference for more and stronger colors and a continued move to white in key influential sectors like the automobile market. Now the big question is how much these ...
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BASF Coatings and the design agency Are We Designer are joint winners of the "red dot award: communication design" for the design of their global automotive color trend book. The red dot award is a worldwide design awards. More than ...
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What were some of the general findings of the report? Luke Johnson, senior analyst at GCiS China Strategic Research: Although the report was released in July 2012, the base year of the study is 2011. The market study is broken ...
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The paint and coatings industry has put a tremendous emphasis on the Chinese market where the largest international paint manufacturers all have built major operations and continue to invest there. Chinese paints and coatings ...
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PPG Industries reported third quarter 2012 net sales of $3.8 billion. Net income for the quarter was $339 million, including nonrecurring charges. Adjusted net income for the quarter, excluding the nonrecurring charges, was $348 million. ...
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IRL has published the sixth edition of its report, "A Profile of the Chinese Paint Industry." The report updates IRL's previous study released in 2009 and includes the latest industry trends and up-to-date statistics. Chinese paints and ...
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According to a new study by the consulting firm Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, in 2011 U.S. consumption of coatings is projected to be 1.4 billion gallons, containing 7.8 billion pounds of solids, worth $23 billion. The industry saw its peak ...
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Executives reflect on the past year in coatings and look ahead to what the future might bring. Charles Bunch, chairman and CEO, PPG Industries The strategic actions that PPG has undertaken over the past decade have served to transform our ...
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Russia is once again one of the fastest growing coatings markets in Europe with the strong likelihood that it will soon be the region's largest by value. However there are doubts about whether it will be able to keep up the pace of ...
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It would be difficult to discuss the Chinese paint and coatings market without mentioning the Chinese economy. That vibrant, herculean economy is the heart and soul of the emergence of China onto the global scene in recent years. While the ...
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