US COATINGS SECTOR EYES BRIGHT FUTURE AS AMERICAN GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING LOOMS
January 1st, 2018
EXPANSION within the paint and coatings industry and market in the United States managed to outpace the US economy in 2017, growing at about 3% in volume (regarding production) and over 3.3% in value (sales), ahead of the most recently recorded GDP growth rate of 2.6% as of Q4 of 2017.
And this modest boom is likely to continue, according to consultancy the ChemQuest Group, which says that once the final reports are issued, the continued growth in volume and value of architectural coatings sold and produced in America during 2017, along with increases in ...
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