TAIWAN’S PAINT AND COATINGS PRODUCERS KEEP HEADS ABOVE WATER WITH ANTI-CORROSIVES AND HOME-PAINTING COLOUR
March 1st, 2013
THE PAINT and coatings industry in Taiwan generally has an optimistic outlook, with the industry making the most of its close links to mainland China’s burgeoning manufacturing and domestic markets. It is just as well, given the island’s do-it-yourself (DIY) home painting sector remains weak, with such improvements traditionally a deeply unpopular concept.“2012 wasn't a good one for our architectural paints, but other categories actually did well,” said Chen Hung-wei, vice president of local paint and varnish maker Yung Chi Paint & Varnish MFG, whose ...
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