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Dezembro 2010
PAINT & PINTURA
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Countdown to 2011
Editorial
AkzoNobel invests in technology and production
in China
A market to which the world’s eyes have turned.
This is China today, where the pace of development
has been attracting investments from major global
groups which want to be present in such a promising
market, while first-world countries still have to put
up with the economic stagnation left behind by the
world crisis that started in late 2008.
Accordingly, AkzoNobel has reinforced its strategy
for China. After investing 275 million euros, the
We now bring you the last 2010 issue of Paint & Pintura Magazine, where all articles show the surprising results achieved
by the paint industry, which has exceeded all forecasts for the year and experienced growth in excess of 10 percent.
In addition to the paint industry’s outstanding growth, we Brazilians have plenty of reasons to celebrate what
2010 has been and what 2011 will be. The political and economic stability that Brazil has attained gives us a
chance to turn things around and show that we are a nation highly capable of growing even more, so much so
that it is now our turn in terms of international visibility, especially as regards investments.
Massive investments in infrastructure and continued growth in important industries, such as building and cons-
truction and automotive, tend to continue over the next few years, leveraging the development of our country,
and this is all not mention the three major events —the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the 2016 Olympic Games, and the
Two-Hundredth Anniversary of the Independence, in 2022— which will bolster investments and provide Brazil
with even more opportunities. In a nutshell, the paint industry will close 2010 with a growth rate of 10.3 percent
and prospects for 6.7-percent growth for 2011. And we will be hoping that next year the same thing will happen
as in the current one, for which the forecast figures were lower and the industry achieved the unexpected. Not
only will this growth stick around next year, it is also expected to extend for the years to come.
The last 2010 issue of Paint & Pintura also brings full coverage of the main trade shows and awarding events for
the paint industry, which took place at the end of the year, as well as important reports on the markets in chemi-
cal distribution, oxygenated solvents and corrosion inhibitors.
To close the years 2010 with a golden key, chief executive officer Agnelo de Barros Neto and Paint & Pintura
Magazine’s editor in chief Marcos Mila spent the first week of December in the City of Fortaleza, State of Ceará,
where they agreed on the final details for the 1st Paint & Pintura Paint Technology Forum. The executives visited
local manufacturers and talked to authorities about the trade show, which has been backed up by several paint
companies and SindQuímica, a union affiliated with the Ceará State Industries Federation.
Write down on your schedule: the event will take place on March 24 and 25, 2011 at Blue Tree Premium, at the
Iracema beach in Fortaleza, Ceará (Brazil).
May 2011 be as auspicious as 2010!
Wishing you all a Happy New Year,
Lucélia Monfardini
company opened in early November a multi-site
with production plants for chelates, ethylene oxides,
ethylene amines and organic peroxides to supply
customers in building and construction and manu-
facturers of detergents and cleaning, food conserva-
tion and personal care products, as well as in the oil
and pulp and paper industries. With this new unit
occupying a 50-hectare plot, company now has 27
manufacturing locations in China.
Last June, AkzoNobel CEO Hans Wijers said that the
company’s ambitious growth plans for Asia were