FRENCH PAINT MARKET SET TO PROFIT FROM BUOYANT CONSTRUCTION AND HOME IMPROVEMENT MARKET

THE FRENCH paint and varnishes industry saw sales decline for the third consecutive year in 2016, contracting by 1.6% year-on-year to EUR2.9 billion, according to market research company Euromonitor International. It believes, however, that business should pick up in the coming years due to rising construction of homes. Euromonitor’s most recent paint and coatings report on France, released in November 2017, reveals the industry’s turnover of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, including prepared pigments, enamels, glazes and printed ink, is expected to ...


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