CHINACOAT2011 Fast Facts
• Covered an exhibition area close to 55,000 square meters
(an increase of 29.2 percent)
• 24,865 visitors (an increase of 4. 7 percent)
• 1,005 exhibitors from 30 countries/regions (an increase of
15. 7 percent)
• 248 new exhibitors (an increase of 15. 9 percent)
• 3,248 attendees for 58 sessions of onsite technical exchange activities (an increase of 29. 7 percent)
The coatings and ink industries have put tremendous emphasis on the Chinese market. Even during the global recession
that heavily impacted most of the world, the Chinese coatings
industry grew, with total output of China coatings manufacturing reaching 7. 6 million tons in 2009, up 14 percent from 2008.
On the paint and coatings side, the largest international
manufacturers all have built major operations in China, and as
China’s market continues to grow, paint makers like AkzoNobel, the world’s largest, continue to invest more dollars in their
China operations.
In October 2011, AkzoNobel announced it is investing approximately €60 million to increase the production capacity of
its automotive and aerospace coatings business in China. This
investment will provide additional momentum for the company’s
accelerated growth strategy of achieving revenue of $3 billion in
China by 2015. The story is similar at PPG, Henkel, Sherwin-Williams, DuPont and BASF.
The trends are the same on the ink side, as industry leaders such
as DIC Corporation, Flint Group, Toyo Ink Group, Siegwerk and
Sakata INX have all been heavily involved in the Chinese market.
“In the midst of a global financial meltdown, China now is
the world’s fastest-growing economy,” said Raymond Ho, chief
executive of Hong Kong-based show organizer Sinostar Inter-
national Ltd. “It is the world’s second largest producer and con-
sumer of coatings and fourth for ink production.”
Ho added that China is now the largest producer of powder
coatings in the world, and automotive and architectural coatings
are the two fastest-growing market sectors.
“China is now the largest producer of powder coatings in
the world, representing more than 28 percent of the estimated
global market of 1,500,000 tons,” Ho said. “Recent innova-
tion in curing technology, such as UV and NIR, are broaden-
ing market potential by opening new application areas in
wood, plastics, papers, MDF, etc. We thought that this topic
deserves an independent zone for the convenience of both ex-
hibitors and visitors.”
There was plenty for attendees to learn from during CHI-
NACOAT2011. Technology Corner was a new event, featuring
informal presentations on case studies, novel technology, insights
and marketing strategies related to the following themes: Nan-
otechnology in Surface Coatings; Advanced Technologies for In-
dustrial Metal Industry; and Architectural Coatings: Sustain-
ability + Performance.
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