tic and international, showcased their latest technology to satisfy the growing need of high-quality visitors.”
CHINACOAT Continues To Impress Exhibitors
One of the great strengths of CHINACOAT is the ability to bring
together the leaders of the Chinese paint, coatings and ink industries and leading raw material and equipment suppliers, and
key exhibitors are pleased with the access CHINACOAT provides to influential industry leaders.
“As with previous years, we at Shamrock Technologies expected another good turnout at the show offering the opportunity to interact with customers in a short time, and to get updates
on the current state of the coatings industry and the impact of
new government regulations,” said Joon Choo, vice president,
Shamrock Technologies.
“CHINACOAT is the largest coatings trade show in the Asia
Pacific region, and is a great platform for us to showcase our lat-
est technologies as well as share our latest technical developments
via their technical seminars,” said Yoke Loon, general manager Asia
Pacific, Dow Coating Materials. “We feel that the show is quite
well organized and has also expanded in reach over the years with
more people coming from outside of China to view the exhibits.”
“Our sales to the China market have increased year by
year,” said Jiro Suezawa, director, Specialty Chemicals Divi-
sion, Kyowa Hakko Chemical Co., Ltd. “At this show, we ex-
pect to form a lot of relationships with existing and potential
customers. We think CHINACOAT is one of the biggest and
liveliest shows in the world.”
While the Chinese coatings and ink markets are the healthi-
est worldwide in terms of growth, the global economy may pro-
vide some challenges.
“Recent market feedback indicates changes largely due to
shortages and tightness, and consequent price increases in the
raw materials sector, coupled with limited ability to increase pric-
ing on the customers’ side,” Choo said. “The increased pressure
has limited production and growth compared to prior years. We
have seen cutbacks in output as well as a slowdown in sourcing
due to the tighter inventory management.”
Choo noted that Shamrock is going ahead with expanding
operations in its Tianjin plant.
“The export sector will likely lead the slowdown in growth
given current economic issues in Europe and the U.S.,” Choo
noted. “Domestic growth seems robust, but the tight labor mar-
ket and inflationary pressures coupled with recent changes in the
banking regulation are increasing the terms of trade, and slow-
ing expansion especially for the smaller-sized companies. Sham-
rock is continuing to improve on its operations in our Tianjin
plant, and increasing its product line offerings as the China coat-
ings market continues to mature further.”
“The Chinese coatings market will still continue to grow, es-
pecially in the architectural paint market, driven by the booming
real estate market and strong economic growth,” Loon said.
“While we expect some slowdown due to the global economic
situation, we are still optimistic about the situation in China and
look forward to growth in this market.
Dow is expanding its production capacity in Greater China,
adding technical service and R&D resources at the Shanghai
Dow Center.
Suezawa noted that Kyowa Hakko Chemical Co., Ltd. recently established its subsidiary company Seika Trading to promote the company’s chemicals in China.
“Remarkable development has been made in China’s paint
and coatings industry,” Suezawa said. “The Chinese economy has
slowed down in second half of this year, but we believe this timing is good to make close connection with our customers. We
don’t doubt the China market will continue to grow in the future.
To promote our chemicals in the China market, we established
our subsidiary company in Shanghai this year.”
The 9th CHINACOAT Conference Focused On
High Performance Coatings
The annual CHINACOAT Conference has become one of the key
elements of CHINACOAT. The conference focuses on an important
segment of the coatings industry, and this year’s sessions, which
covered “Technology for Formulating High Performance Coatings,” featured a wide variety of talks on major aspects of the field.
Coatings technology will continue to grow by replacing conventional materials and by expanding into new areas of applications and innovative products, which require the use of functional
additives, engineered by a strong scientific background.
“There have been some significant increases in the use of
functional additives in various sectors, especially in the field of
high performance coatings in China,” said Dip Dasgupta, CHINACOAT Conference chairman, who led the conference for the
ninth year. “Formulating special coatings has to be evidence-based in order to guarantee their functional integrity. This was
the main reason for selecting this theme as our conference topic.
“The keynote paper from Prof. Jamil Baghdachi on stimuli
responsive ‘Self-Healing Coatings’ was very interesting, and
for the first time we included a full paper on fabric printing
coatings,” Dasgupta said. “Until the present day, all CHINACOAT conferences have centered around the dissemination of
technological innovation rather than being vehicles for commercial advancement. I sincerely hope that the delegates
gained a better understanding of the background science and
technology which will assist them in developing novel high
quality products.” CW
CHINACOAT2012
November 28 - 30, 2012
Location: Guangzhou, China
Contact: Sinostar Int'l Ltd.,
Phone: 852 2865 0062
Website: www.chinacoat.net
Email: info@sinostar-intl.com.hk
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