Revista Paint & Pintura - Edição 242

CLIPPING 8 | PAINT&PINTURA | Abril 2019 will allow for sustainable development. For them to be able to deliver, it is necessary for the government to first pass in Congress the reforms and adjustments those goals require,” says Rubens Medrano, President of the Brazilian Association of Chemical and Petrochemical Distributors and Union of São Paulo State Chemical and Petrochemical Wholesalers (known for short in Portuguese as Associquim-Sincoquim). Medrano adds that distribution is a dynamic line of business. “Due to its diversity in products andmanufacturing activities, which make up the business portfolio of distributors, there isn’t one recipe for strategic actions to lead distributors to perform well. Nevertheless, the do need to be always wa- tching for nuanced changes in the market place and keep up the excellence of their products to serve their business partners well.” The chemical distribution industry has made great strides. “Companies have engaged in a process of maturing and pro- fessionalizing their management, developing the capabilities of their technical and sales staff, adding value by providing after-sales services, as well as safe and effective logistics to have their products delivered to the most varied of manu- facturing customers located throughout Brazil’s national territory,” Medrano concludes. PACKAGING MATERIALS - INTERMEDIATE BULK CONTAINERS: STURDY AND HIGH-TECH Intermediate bulk containers are recognized across the paint and coatings industry as safe, quality packaging materials featuring numerous advantages. The past several years has seen stagnation across industries, but a reversal of that scenario appears to have begun in 2018, when therewas an increased demand for industrial packaging materials, especially come the second half. “With the eco- nomic upswing expected for 2019, Schütz Vasitex expects business to grow not only thanks to a growing demand for standard products, but also due to products recently laun- ched from the Schütz Group—specialty IBCs for a variety of specific applications,” says Schütz Vasitex chief executive Luiz Francisco da Cunha. Intertank is also expecting significant growth in this market in containers for hazardous and high-risk products. “With the elections behind us, the optimistic atmosphere that ensued in the market helps us believe that, at long last, more efficient legislation will be passed covering a breadth of general user safety issues. The publication of a new ANTT (National Land Transportation Agency) Resolution regulating the entire land transportation sector, as already announced to have been scheduled for December 16, 2019, will cause the in- dustry to come up with technologically modern solutions, both in talk and in action,” says Henri Gonçalves, manager for the OnShore business. EVENTS - PAINT & PINTURA FORUM TAKES LECTURES AND EXHIBIT TO RECIFE The 40th Paint & Pintura Coatings Technology Forum and Exhibition in the Northeast Region, which took place onMarch 14 and 15 at Radisson Recife, in the namesake city of Recife, Pernambuco (Brazil) drew a large crowd with the schedule of lectures and exhibit space for key companies in the paint and coatings industry. Day One - The event was kicked off by Banco do Nordeste, which brought a lecture titled “Microeconomic Scenario and Investment Opportunities in the Northeast.” Delivering the lecturewas the economist Airton Saboya, who holds a doctor’s degree in local and territorial development and is the head of the Microeconomic Study and Research Cell of the ETENE (Technical Office for Economic Studies in the Northeast), part of the Economic Studies department of Banco do Nordeste. Up next came a presentation by Francisco Rácz, of the con- sultancy firmRácz, Yamaga & Consultores Associados, whose lecture was titled “Coatings Market Moves Toward Creating Actual Value.” To wrap up the morning procedures, the “Panel of Paint and Coatings Industry CEOs” discussed paths for the industry, the management challenges facing it, and new business for the next decade. On the panel were leaders such as Tintas Equine CEO Eduardo ErmidaMoretti, Tintas Lux chief production and operations officer Felipe Lago, and Tintas Hidracor CEO Paulo Janousek, as well asWashington Yamaga, founding partner at Rácz, Yamaga & Associates, and Agnelo Editora CEO Agnelo de Barros Neto, who served as mediator. Thereupon came the MAST Group with a lecture titled “Point-of-Sale Intelligence,” delivered by chief executive Marco Storel. The afternoon procedures began with the lecture “Paint Bac- tericide and Fungicides: State-of-the-Art and Next-Generation Active Ingredients,” presented by the company Morais de Catro. Representing it and delivering the lecture was Assis Lima, account manager at Thor Brazil. The second act was the lecture titled “Lanxess Inorganic Pigments: Quality, Innovation and Sustainability,” provided by Denilson Marques, of Product & Business Development for Latin America. Next in linewas IMCD, whose own Luciana Rodrigues, regional sales manager for the Northeast, and Vivian Araujo Borges, application expert for the Paints & Coatings segment, delive- red a lectured titled “Decorative Paint Solutions: Additives.” The next lecture was brought by Brenntag, titled “New Te- chnologies and Products Launching in the Architectural and Industrial CoatingsMarket: Adding Value to Finished Products. It was delivered by Sergio Santos, technical expert for the Adhesives, Coatings, Elastomers and Sealants (ACES) business. BASF wrapped up day one with the lecture “Enhance Per-