APCS 2006 Has Strong Showing
Arecord number of visitors, representing 50 countries,
attended the Asia Pacific Coatings Show 2006 (APCS),
held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in
Malaysia on June 20-22.
The APCS 2006 Exhibition and Conference was opened by
Dato Sayed Saleh and Ian Faux, vice president of UK-based
The Coatings Group, dmg world media. Highlights included
the conference, exhibitor business presentations and the 6th
APCS Awards ceremony.
The Exhibitor Business Presentations, held within the hall,
were well received with high attendance reported by speakers
throughout. The Asia Pacific Coatings Conference, organized
by CoRI (Coatings Research Institute) and The Coatings
Group, ran alongside the show for the first day and a half. It
was fully booked with standing room only available, and featured a full program of technical papers with the theme “New
Advances in Organic Coatings Technology & Science.”
The 6th APCS Awards were held at the Mandarin
Oriental Hotel. The winners were: Most Innovative
Product Award—Bühler; Environmental Award—
Hoffman Mineral; Best Conference Paper Award—Peter
Schertenleib of Netzsch-Feinmahltechnich GmbH for his
paper “The aeMIXTM - A New Dispersion Process”; Best
Marketing Campaign Award—Cognis; Best Purpose-Built
Stand Award—Bayer MaterialScience; and Best Shell
Scheme Stand Award—Arch Chemicals.
In response to exhibitor and visitor feedback from previous
shows, the Asia Pacific Coatings Show will now alternate
between two venues, instead of three. Next year’s show will
be held in Bangkok, Thailand from June 6-8. In 2008, the
event will return to Kuala Lumpur from June 24-26. APCS
will no longer be held in Singapore.
“We see the new arrangement as allowing for the growth of
APCS, as Bangkok has a strong international market and
The Asia Pacific Coatings Show 2006 Exhibition and Conference
was opened by Dato Sayed Saleh (right), and Ian Faux, vice
president of The Coatings Group, dmg world media.
Kuala Lumpur is in the heart of Asia,” Faux said.
Stand sales for the Asia Pacific Coatings Show 2007 in
Bangkok are already beyond target at more than 35%
capacity booked, according to the show’s organizers.
“The exhibition went especially well for us as we had visitors from a variety of different regions which are of high value
to our business,” said Kerstin Ahne of Eckart. “We also liked
the design of the exhibition hall and it is in our plans to come
back next year.”
“The record attendance and strong representation of all the
major players at the Asia Pacific Coatings Show reaffirms the
importance of the ASEAN region to the future of the global
coatings industry,” Faux said. “The Asia Pacific Coatings Show
is building on its strengths and with confident economic
growth and expanding paint production throughout the
region, I believe this event will continue to reflect the industry’s interest and activity in the area.” CW
Clariant’s booth was active throughout the show.
The 6th APCS Awards were well attended.
