VIETNAM’S COATINGS SECTOR RIDING THE JAPANESE FACTORY INVESTMENT WAVE

VIETNAM’S production of powder coatings and liquid protective coatings has in the past been a small part of the country’s paint and coatings output – but foreign investment maybe about to change that. The country has around 80 coatings manufacturers, who have together manufactured a relatively meagre 30,870 tonnes of these specialist products, generating USD91 million’s worth of revenue in 2012, according to the most recent data made available by market researcher Frost & Sullivan. But domestic demand for powder coatings and protective coatings, ...


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