CANADA FEATURE
March 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIEWHAT does a paint industry do when its closest neighbour is a huge industrial giant with massive manufacturing capabilities and large product innovation budgets? Unfortunately, when examining the Canadian paint sector, the answer is not one of David and Goliath but rather a more practical and unromantic approach. Canada's paint and coatings industry keeps afloat and does alright, simple as that.It does not try to fight the colossal US sector head-on, because it cannot. The market in Canada is small and the government regulations are big, but those ...
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