Paint and Coatings – What Will Be Coloring the Market in 2007

By Cynthia Challener

The year is drawing to a dose nd 2007 will arrive shortly. What will the New Year have in store for the paint and coatings industry? Which issues will come to the forefront? Globalization, con­solidation, regulation, innovation ­how will these market drivers im­pact manufacturers of paint and coatings? What effect will changes in the housing market and auto in­dustry have? CoATINGSTECH asked these questions of leading paint producers and industry consultants. Their thoughts are presented below.

Contributors: Steven Nerlfi, con­sultant with Kusumgar, Nerlfi and Growney (KNG); Daniel S. Murad, president and CEO, The Chem­Quest Group; Holger Ebbighausen, group communication manager coatings, Akzo Nobel nv; Thomas W. McKay, product manager, BASF Corporation; Angela R. Strzelecki, strategic planning manager, DuPont Coatings & Color Technologies; Bill Wulfsohn, senior vice president, PPG Coatings; San deep Goel, mar -ket manager, Specialty Additives, Rohm and Haas Company; J.R.
“Rusty” Johnson Ill, market man­ager, Architectural Binders, Rohm and Haas Company; Thomas P. Frauman, global marketing director, Powder Coatings, Rohm and Haas