Revista Paint & Pintura - Edição 205 - page 8

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| PAINT&PINTURA |Novembro2015
ANOPPORTUNE OCCASION FORGREAT DEALS
Paint&PinturaMagazinewas thereonceagain for 14th
edition of one of the most important events in Latin
America and now brings you a firsthand account from
behind the scenes of theABRAFATI 2015 Congress and
Exhibition,which succeeded inboostingand leveraging
gooddealsacross theentire supplychain.
The trade show brought together 12,666 visitors from
Braziland41othercountries,whocometoseenewdevel-
opments from250exhibitors fromallover theworld,at-
tend90technicalconferencesandfourplenarysessions,
andwatch 25 lectures introducing freshly-launchedand
otherproducts, 41papersat thePosterSession, andan-
other 12 lecturesat the4thABRAFATI-RadTechSeminar.
All of thatwas directly connectedwith themain theme
for the show: sustainability.
Theeventwasonceagainamajorsuccess inthepaintand
coatings industryandhelped to liven itup, as it isunder
theeffectsoftheeconomiccrisis, likeallother industries.
Dissemination of knowledge, stimulus to technological
development and business generation certainly took
placeduring the three-day show.
The trade show exceeded the expectations of ABRA-
FATI’sexecutivepresidentDilsonFerreiranot innumbers,
but inthesatisfaction levelsmeasuredamongthosepres-
ent. “We’re going through a crisis, whichmeanswe’re
selling lessand facingchallenges, and thebest thingwe
cando in sucha situation isbringing together suppliers
looking to sell andpaintmanufacturers looking tobuy.
Getting these twohighly important sidesof themarket
togetherforthreedays,sothattheycouldnegotiateand
make thebestof itby sellingmoreandbuyingbetter, is
exactlywhatwe’veaccomplished.Whatwesawasaresultwas
a beautiful, well-equipped andwell-represented trade show
attended by audiences thatwere both right and interested,
whichultimatelymadeforaverywell-put-togetherevent.Dur-
ing the tradeshow,peoplewerecheerful andhappy,andwe,
theorganizers,wereverypleasedby thisoutcome.”
That was an opportune and unique occasion for all leading
suppliersof rawmaterials toshowcase theverybestofwhat
isavailable to thepaint industry in termsof innovations, new
developmentsand investment inconstant improvements,and
now it’sup to the industry toapply those to theirpaints inor-
derto improvethemandhaveevenmoresatisfiedconsumers.
Checkout the followingpages forour coverageof thisgrand
event and, while at it, don’tmiss the videos that were shot
duringthethree-dayshowtodemonstratenewdevelopments
fromkeyexhibitingcompaniesonthePaintShowportal(www.
paintshow.com.br).
Enjoy!
LucéliaMonfardini
DEFOAMERS - TIMETO INNOVATE!
InthetougheconomicenvironmentBrazilhasbeenexpe-
riencing,defoamermanufacturersseekmanyalternatives
tohelp themavoid theeffectsof thecrisis, leading to the
development of innovativeproducts for theentirepaint
and coatings supply chain. “We are actually benefitting
from the critical economic situation inwhichBrazil finds
itselftoday,asmanycompaniesare lookingfor innovations
andperformance products, and that’swhatwe have to
offer.Our technical service, expertise indefoamersanduseof
additiveshavealsobeenvaluedbycompanieswhoneedand like
todiscussthedevelopmentof innovations. Inaddition, today’s
low tolerance towards corruption and ‘monkey business’ will
pavethewayforaperformanceanddelivery-basedcompetition,
leavingno room forpoor-qualityproductsandcompaniesand
favoringtheproductsandserviceswehavetodeliver,”saysAir
Products’businessmanagerMarceloGraziani.
Themarket indefoamersshowpotential forgrowth,especially
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