Coatings World - April 2011

NürnbergMesse and Colour Publications Pvt Ltd., which will see the two firms cooperate in the PAINTINDIA exhibition. The managing director of Colour Publications and organizer of PAINTINDIA, Dilip Raghavan, signed the cooperation agreement with Petra Wolf and Claus Rättich of the NürnbergMesse management board. NürnbergMesse organizes the European Coatings Show in Nuremberg on behalf of Vincentz Network, and NürnbergMesse North America runs the American Coatings Show in the U.S. on behalf of the organizers.

PAINTINDIA ranks as the leading event for the coatings industry in India and one of the premier coatings show in Southeast Asia. The exhibition started in 1993 and the last event attracted 183 exhibitors, 9,700 visitors and more than 600 conference participants.

“Based on our experience, the paint and coatings sector in India is growing almost twice as strongly as the real gross national product. Both national and international suppliers therefore expect sales of their products to grow by 15 to 20 percent a year in the coming years,” said Raghavan explaining the good prospects for PAINTINDIA.

Driven by the traditionally strong decorative coatings segment, the industry is poised for an unprecedented growth, which will also see a balanced growth in the industrial coatings segment, particularly in the automotive and infrastructure segments. A shift in trend towards more environment friendly, water-based paints is expected in the decorative segment.

ter. “We believe that it is essential to test
every lot of every product here in our U.S.
lab even after it has been QC’d at the fac-
tories abroad,” said Donald Greenwald,
Lansco Colors’ president. “This way, our
customers can have the confidence that the
quality and consistency of our pigments
will meet or exceed their requirements. We
look forward to welcoming our customers
from around the world to tour
this new facility and meet with
our technical staff.”
Building on its global net-
work, the new Technical Center will serve
the challenging needs of both U.S. and
multinational customers cutting across the
automotive, industrial coatings, ink and
plastics markets. CW

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Lansco Colors opens new U.S.
Technical Center

Lansco Colors, has opened a new, purpose built Technical Center in Warwick, RI/USA. The Technical Center is located close to the Providence Airport and enables Lansco Colors to better serve its customers’ needs in its fast growing U.S. market. The new Technical Center has approximately 10,000 square feet of well-equipped laboratory facilities and office area. The Technical Center will further strengthen Lansco’s application capabilities and serve as the epicenter for collaborative projects with customers.