PPG Promotes Industry Innovations at 2013
North American International Auto Show
PPG Industries is bringing innovation to
the automotive industry, and the company’s product and technology offerings
across several of its businesses help au-tomakers and automotive suppliers enhance manufacturing efficiencies, make
vehicles more corrosion-resistant, reduce
energy consumption and improve fuel
efficiency. These were some of the key
topics discussed by PPG executives at a
news conference held during the North
American International Auto Show.
“PPG is a leading global automotive
industry supplier across many product
lines that for decades has made cars more
colorful and appealing, but also higher-
performing and environmentally friendly
machines,” said Cynthia A. Niekamp,
PPG senior vice president, automotive
OEM coatings. “This year, we are cel-
ebrating the 50th anniversary of the first
use of PPG electrocoat technology in an
automotive plant. This game-changing in-
novation has helped the industry manage
the problem with rust. We are pleased to
continue this tradition that started with
the 1963 Ford Thunderbird and now
benefits car owners everywhere.”
According to Niekamp, more than
51,000 vehicles are treated with PPG
electrocoat every day, equating to more
than 31 million vehicles per year.
NürnbergMesse and Vincentz Network Invest in PAINTINDIA Trade Fair
Colour Publications, Vincentz Network and NürnbergMesse will sign a contract for PAINTINDIA´s future in an
official ceremony in Mumbai. The two German companies,
a publishing house and a trade fair company, will acquire
an interest in the trade fair previously owned by one of
the leading and oldest publishers for techno-commercial
journals in India. The goal is to lay a solid foundation for a
long-lasting commitment.
As organizers of the leading coatings trade show, the European Coatings Show, Vincentz Network and NürnbergMesse look
back on 20 years of a strong, trusting partnership and plenty of
experience in running coatings shows and conferences. In addition NürnbergMesse North America runs, the American Coatings
Show, the highlight event of the U.S. paint and coatings industry,
on behalf of the organizers American Coatings Association and
Vincentz Network, while Vincentz Network is responsible for the
high-quality conferences accompanying these trade fairs.
Since the inception of PAINTINDIA in 1993 Colour Publications has succeeded in establishing this exhibition series as the
prime forum for the Indian coatings industry. The new line-up
enables the three companies to cooperate in one of the most
important international growth markets for coatings. It combines
the expertise in science, international industry and in organizing
highly specialized trade shows and conferences.
“The paint and coatings sector in India is growing al-
most twice as strongly as the real gross national product”,
said Dilip Raghavan, managing director of Colour Publica-
tions, about the positive prospects for PAINTINDIA. “Both
national and international suppliers therefore expect their
product sales to grow by 15 to 20 percent a year in the com-
ing years. I am very delighted to start this promising future
with two strong and experienced partners.”
This contract will lay the
ground for merging the strength
of the three shows to access this
enormous business potential.
Jonas Vincentz, CEO of Vincentz
Network, is confident that the
new partnership is well poised
to tap India’s coatings potential.
“Colour Publications, Nürnberg-
Messe and Vincentz Network
share a number of values and
strategic approaches. All of us
believe in long-term involve-
ment, in the power of network-
ing, in the importance of person-
al relations based on continued
dialogue and mutual trust.”
At the same time the coatings business is becoming ever
more global and thus coatings trade shows face higher de-
mands. “So a global challenge calls for a global solution.
That’s why I am convinced that our commitment in PAINT-
INDIA will strengthen the three coating trade shows. PAINT-
INDIA is a highly qualified basic component to provide a
profitable business environment for the coatings industry to
operate successfully on a global basis,” said Roland Fleck,
CEO of NürnbergMesse.
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