FRENCH PAINT SECTOR WILL WEATHER THE STORM, SAY EXPERTS
June 22nd, 2024
French paint and coating companies are performing well, with the industry recording a EUR5 billion turnover in 2023, said Gilles Richard, managing director of Paris-based Fipec (France’s federation of paints, inks, colours, glues and adhesives and wood preservation industries/Fédération des Industries des Peintures, Encres, Couleurs, Colles et Adhésifs, Préservation du Bois), which represents around 150 businesses.
There was stable growth in the industry, since its turnover was also EUR 5 billion in 2022, when Fipec represented 147 firms (1).
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