CHINACOAT 2015 REVIEW
The top-five international visitor countries included Korea,
India, Japan, Malaysia and Taiwan Region.
Visitors were able to attned a series of international technical programs, which included:
1. The 13th CHINACOAT Conference – Focused on the
theme of “WOOD COATINGS - Broadening Sustainable
Formulation Options”. The two-day event delivered a total of 10 technical papers.
2. Workshops – 2 sessions were held alongside the exhibition
with themes of “Design and Optimisation of Coatings and
Inks Formulations” and “The Evaluation of Colour.”
3. Technical Seminars – 63 sessions were delivered by international professionals and industry experts to 3,876
attendees on a broad range of issues, such as current technologies, legislations, the latest trends and markets, etc.
4. New-tech Corner – The event invited 9 engineers, scientists and technical managers to share with 450 visitors
their insights on the innovative materials and technologies
for producing coatings.
5. National Presentation - Focused on the theme of “A
Strategical Overview of the South American Coatings
Market – Present & Future” providing an overview of the
coatings market in all major countries in South America.
This year’s CHINACOAT broke records in terms of exhibitor space and attendees. The show’s organizer’s Sinostar
International, reported 29,580 registered visitors, including
24,843 domestic and 4,737 overseas visitors and 1,088 exhibitors from 32 countries/regions, including 213 new exhibitors.
Both exhibitors and attendees alike reported a positive experience at the show, with most companies Coatings World
spoke with reporting they would be attending next year’s
CHINACOAT in Guangzhou.
“CHINACOAT2015 was again a really positive event with
great participation from key industry partners in both China
and the wider Asia Pacific region,” said David Tierney, global
head of sales at Lonza. “Our booth was well visited and we were
able to meet with all of our key customers and distributors. We
will definitely attend the show in Guangzhou next year.”
The Chromaflo team reported that CHINACOAT was a
positive experience and that its booth was well attended by visi-
tors. “The show was professional and the attendees were seeking
information that hopefully we were able to provide for them,”
Penny Liu, Chromaflo’s marketing generalist stated. “Obviously
lots of attendees have great interest in our industrial coatings
colorants. Most purchasers and chemists meet our sales persons
right at the booth to discuss the products. We have already re-
ceived calls from potential customers from the show.”
CHINACOAT was a great success for Atlas. “Our sales
staff had meaningful discussions with booth attendees which
resulted in very promising opportunities for Atlas worldwide,”
said Stefani Levine, marketing services at Atlas Material Testing
Technology, LLC. “The positive responses Atlas received to our
product and service offerings from show attendees indicates to
us that weathering testing is, and continues to be, very impor-
tant for many coatings customers and their suppliers.”
Atlas reported that they were fortunate to have a steady
number of visitors to the booth made up of both existing Atlas
clients as well as potentially new clients. Atlas is also planning
on registering to exhibit at next year’s show in Guangzhou.
Micro Powders was also pleased with this year’s show. “This
show has grown in importance over the years, reflecting the
tremendous opportunities of the Chinese paint and coatings
market,” said a spokesperson for Micro Powders. “As usual, the
show was very crowded with exhibitors and visitors.”
In 2016, CHINACOAT will return to Guangzhou on
November 30 – December 2 at the China Import and Export
Fair Complex (Canton Fair Complex), and the show organizers,
Sinostar International reported it will continue to deliver success
from there. The show will feature exhibits from all areas of the
paint and coatings industry including raw material suppliers for
the production of coatings, printing inks and adhesives, powder
coatings and UV/EB technology, plus measurement and testing
equipment for QC/R&D, safety and health and environment. CW
