CZECH PAINTS SECTOR BACK ON TRACK

CZECH PAINTS SECTOR BACK ON TRACK THE CZECH paints industry last year experienced a second difficult year in a row - although it was not as bad as in 2009. Sales fell 14% year-on-year compared to 2009, but market players believe that the worst is over. "The impact of the recession lessened last year; the coating materials market decreased by 14% in sales volume," said Zden?k Bárta, retail and technology director at the Prague-based branch of market research company GfK. Its study monitors sales of all the paints producers in the Czech Republic, ...


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