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equipment and more stringentVOC rules in the metropolitanarea.

APCJ, Asia Pacific Coatings Journal, Dec2010/Jan 2011, 23 (6), 11-12 (Website:http://www.asiapacificcoatingsjournal.com/)

Asia paint market reports: Vietnam

The Vietnamese paint industry in2009 posted an overall paintvolume of 264 M litres, worth$617 M. For 2010, paint output isexpected to climb by 12% involume terms and 15-20% byvalue. Production in 2009reached 174 M litres fordecorative coatings, valued at$300 M. Output of marine andprotective coatings totalled 20 Mlitres at $90 M; wood coatings,38 M litres at $107 M; powdercoatings, 11.5 M litres at $33.4M; coil coatings, 10.8 M litres at$46.7 M; and others, 9.65 Mlitres at $39.8 M. Vietnam’s paintindustry is witnessing a trendtoward more environmentalawareness and formulation ofmore water-based systems.

APCJ, Asia Pacific Coatings Journal, Dec2010/Jan 2011, 23 (6), 11 (Website:http://www.asiapacificcoatingsjournal.com/)

Asia paint market reports:Malaysia

The Malaysian paint market in2009 stood at $710.6 M versus$715.3 M in 2008. The country’sbiggest coatings segment is stilldecorative coatings, making upabout 65%, followed by marineand protective coatings witharound 7%, automotive OEM/refinishes around 8%, industrialcoatings around 17%, and theremaining 3% is shared betweenpowder coatings, wood coatings,and coil coatings. The region’stop trading partners for exportsare Singapore, which accounts for77.2% of shipments, followed byChina 67.2%, and USA 60.7%.For imports, the leading tradingpartners are China with 60.7%,Japan 54.3% and USA 48.6%.

APCJ, Asia Pacific Coatings Journal, Dec2010/Jan 2011, 23 (6), 12 (Website:http://www.asiapacificcoatingsjournal.com/)

Asia paint market reports: Thailand

The paint industry in Thailand isbeing propelled by a strongerbaht and low interest rates, alongwith the slowly recoveringconstruction industry, free tradeagreements, a cabinet re-shuffle,and increasing awareness ofenvironmental trends. Paintconsumption for 2010 is muchbetter than in previous years, withcoil coatings increasing 20%,thinners 30%, marine paints 33%,decorative coatings 12%,automotive coatings 30%, powderpaints 15%, wood finish 8%,packaging 10%, and others 11%.Consumption of raw materialsalso expanded, including solvents,which are up 45%, pigments25%, epoxy resins 13% andextenders 14.2%.

APCJ, Asia Pacific Coatings Journal, Dec2010/Jan 2011, 23 (6), 12 (Website:http://www.asiapacificcoatingsjournal.com/)

Country focus: Australia:decorative and automotive sectorsgrow

The Australian paints andcoatings industry in 2010 sawsignificant growth in almost all itsproduct segments, includingdecorative, automotive refinish,automotive OEM, powder,protective and marine, coil, canand other industrial coatings.Overall market revenues in theindustry for 2010 are anticipatedto grow at a rate of about 3%.The country managed to evadethe impact of the globalrecession, partly because of thesteady Chinese demand for itsnatural resources. RockcoteEnterprises and Livos Australiawere among those that did notfeel the effects of the downturn.Major changes to the industryinclude acquisitions of leadingpaint producers by global firms,such as the A$142 M ($138 M)purchase of top Australian paintproducer Wattyl by US-basedValspar in Sep 2010. The strongeconomy is anticipated to drivethe present growth trend in thecountry’s paints and coatings

sector across all productsegments. For 2011, the overallpaints and coatings marketrevenue is projected to reacharound $1.6 bn, up around 2-3%.

APCJ, Asia Pacific Coatings Journal, Dec2010/Jan 2011, 23 (6), 14 (Website:http://www.asiapacificcoatingsjournal.com/)

APAC market moves towards‘green’ coatings

The overall APAC paint andcoatings industry in 2009 posteda modest expansion of 8% to amarket size of 14.13 M tonnes,by volume, and $43.5 bn, byvalue. The decorative paintsegment stood at $11.8 bn androughly 6 M tonnes in value andvolume terms, respectively. Of thefigure, roughly 50-55% ofproducts are made via water-based technology and theremaining are primarily based onsolvents. The APAC paint andcoatings market is movingtowards green chemistry, althoughthe trend is stronger in thedecorative paint category than inindustrial coatings as decorativepaint is utilized in residentialhomes and commercial buildings.The industrial paint segment ishaving difficulties in switching to‘green’ coatings, with only 9%representing water-based typecoatings and 14% for powdertype. The key reason for this isthe notion that water-basedcoatings do not deliver the samequalities as solvent-basedsubstitutes, especially in terms ofdurability, ruggedness and gloss.Green coatings pertain to thosethat highlight low-VOC emissions,sustainability, use of renewableraw material sources and thosethat are based on environmentallysound production process.

APCJ, Asia Pacific Coatings Journal, Dec2010/Jan 2011, 23 (6), 52 (Website:http://www.asiapacificcoatingsjournal.com/)

Polyester resins for powdercoatings needs regrouping

In 2009, there were almost 200producers of polyester resins forpowder coatings in China. Output