China and India top list of emerging markets for paints and coatings

 

 

JCT Coatingstech Magazine

June 2007

Volume 4, No. 6

Market Update

Page 60-64

 

Excerpts from… “Looking East:  China and India Top the List of Emerging Markets for Paints and Coatings”

 

By Cynthia Challener, JCT Coatingstech Contributing Writer

 

 

Throughout the world in 2007, people will use approximately 7.7 billion gallons of paints and coatings worth about $94.5 billion to improve the look of their house, cars, and cell phones as well as protect their ships, bridges, and manufacturing equipment and facilities.

 

….all agree that the majority of increased demand will occur in emerging areas of the world, with the Asia Pacific region leading the way, followed by Eastern Europe and Latin America.

 

The ChemQuest Group, Inc. puts the growth rate for architectural paints in China at 9.5-10% per year, according to Dan Murad, President.

 

General industrial and auto OEM are the largest consumers in the industrial coatings sector………. 

 

 

 

 

 

(To read the complete article…and more comments on LOOKING EAST:  China and India top the list of Emerging markets for paints and coatings………see JCT Coatingstech  Magazine – June 2007 issue...”Emerging Markets for Paints and Coatings”)