On April 12, 2016, a 32 member delegation from China coatings Europe, including 17 members from Guangdong, embarked on a business trip to Europe. In the next ten days, we will visit the 55th Milan International Furniture Exhibition in Italy, Xuanwei coating factory in Italy, saifulai, the world's top coating equipment manufacturer, and Vitex Athens, the largest coating company in Greece, and have exchanges and meetings with major European coating associations such as Italian Coating Association, Swiss Coating Association and Greek Coating Association, Jointly explore the development trend of global coatings, seek potential cooperation opportunities for enterprises and promote the development of China's coating industry.

First stop Italy

On April 13 local time, the Chinese paint European delegation arrived in Italy, the first stop of the business investigation. At this time, the 55th International Furniture Exhibition in Milan, Italy was held. This international top furniture exhibition sponsored by the Italian wood industry and Decoration Association, as a wind vane of global home design, has attracted the attention of many professionals. As a coating industry supporting furniture manufacturing, it naturally integrates into understanding the global trend of home decoration, mastering the world's top furniture fashion trend for the first time, and learning the world's top design concept. This Milan Furniture Exhibition will, as always, exhibit those furniture treasures that can not only represent the history of furniture, but also serve as the wind vane of the future furniture market in Milan, integrating design, creativity, taste, technology, fashion and trend, so that visitors can enjoy an audio-visual feast. Stepping into the furniture exhibition, you can have an insight into the international furniture fashion trend, just like traveling in the country of art

On the afternoon of April 13 local time, the Chinese paint European delegation visited the Italian paint Association. Sun Lianying, President of China Coating Industry Association, Huang Kai, President of Guangzhou coating industry association, Cao shuchao, director of garberry group, etc. exchanged views with Italian Coating Association and Italian well-known enterprises boero group, San Marco, arsonsisi, J colors, etc. on the status and development trend of Italian coating market, Italian art coating, minority product yacht coating, etc, Enhanced international cooperation in the coating industry.

In recent years, Italian coating enterprises are also optimistic about the Chinese coating market and actively seek cooperation opportunities with Chinese enterprises. San Marco has reached cooperation with domestic well-known enterprises sankeshu and bards; As the world's top yacht coating manufacturer, boero group, a well-known Italian enterprise, produced 21 million liters in 2015, with a net profit of 90 million euros. Its products are unique and excellent performance; However, it is affected by coating and post service; At present, only some imported products are sold in the domestic market, and the company also expressed its intention to actively find domestic strategic partners.

On April 15 local time, the European delegation of Chinese coatings visited the Italian factories of saifulai and Xuanwei coatings, the world's top coating equipment manufacturers.

The second stop is Switzerland

On April 19, the European delegation of China Painting Association came to Zurich from Lucerne, Switzerland, and had a friendly exchange with the Swiss paint and ink Association. China and Switzerland reported to each other on the operation status of the coatings of the two countries and some regulatory measures and practices, and had an in-depth conversation during the dinner. China's coatings have become a major coating country in the world. Due to the early industrial development of Switzerland, Switzerland's coatings, There are also some features and advanced features in the field of construction and industrial coatings. This Chinese coating represents the exchange and inspection activities conducted in Switzerland, so that we can learn more about the Swiss coatings market and further deepen the business friendship between the two coatings people. I believe that more cooperation and win-win results will be brought to China. After the exchange, China and Switzerland gave gifts to each other. China gave Switzerland China blessing, which means that the blessing will go to Switzerland, and the development of Swiss coatings will be better and better!

1. Status of Swiss paint industry association. As the Swiss paint and ink industry belongs to a professional field, it is not affected by the economic fluctuation cycle. Generally speaking, the price level of Swiss paint is relatively stable. The Swiss paint and ink industry association has 88 members, 6 members of the Swiss paint Association, about 3000 employees in paint enterprises, and the paint output value is about 2 billion francs. Switzerland's industry developed earlier, and its coating products are mainly architectural coatings and industrial coatings, and have certain characteristic products in the field of architectural and industrial coatings. 2. Environmental protection and health direction of Swiss coating industry Switzerland has formulated comprehensive carbon emission reduction and carbon trading methods to achieve the goal of environmental protection and development. The paint and ink industry is polluted everywhere. The Swiss paint and ink industry hopes to improve the industry image through systematic and public design. Due to the limited resources available, these efforts focus on dialogue with political party leaders and relevant policy makers, mainly focusing on environmental protection and health. 3. Ideas on green development of Swiss coating industry in order to encourage the green development of Swiss coating industry, Swiss Coating Association has established two fund organizations to promote the green certification of coatings. The product certification is divided into ABCDEFG level, class A is the best, can enjoy the priority of government procurement, and has more space in product added value.

Third stop Greece

On April 21, the European delegation of China paint Association held business exchanges with the Greek Chinese Chamber of Commerce and industry in Athens, Greece. The chairman of Constantine yannidis of China Chamber of Commerce and industry delivered a welcome speech and extended a warm welcome to the European delegation of China Tu Association. Greece belongs to Europe. Because its economy is relatively weak, Greece is relatively relaxed about the strict European coating regulations. Therefore, Greek coating enterprises must make long-term R & D investment in order to improve the health and environmental protection performance of products and meet the market requirements. We hope to take this opportunity to establish close cooperation with Chinese coating industry enterprises and maintain more business contacts, So that the two sides can have good cooperation in product innovation, technical cooperation and joint production. President sun of China Tu Association expressed heartfelt thanks to the Greek Chinese Chamber of Commerce and industry for its warm reception. Greek friends are also welcome to invest in China, develop business and trade, and jointly improve the advanced nature and environmental protection of the coatings products. They can also better apply and popularize good products and serve the people of both countries.

At the meeting, yannidis, the largest coating company in Greece, was introduced. The company is a family business dedicated to the production and sale of coatings, insulating materials and chemicals. It was established in 1932, with sales of € 252 million in 2015.

At the meeting, Professor Dr. Christos trapalis, the most famous atomic research institution in Greece, was invited to report on the research and application of graphene. Graphene is the thinnest and strongest material found so far. Thin because graphene is a two-dimensional crystal composed of carbon atoms, with a thickness of only one atom. Although extremely thin, it is so dense that even the smallest atom of helium cannot penetrate it. If it can be well applied to coating raw materials, the performance of the coating will be greatly improved.

After the meeting, I visited yannidis bros.a vitex-hermes company. Its production equipment has a high degree of automation, and the production process monitoring and quality control are also standardized and reasonable. It is worthy of Chinese coating enterprises to move towards automation, intelligence and labor-saving.

1. Introduction to Swiss Coating Industry Association

Swiss paint Association, founded in 1907, is a national industry organization in Switzerland. At present, the association has 88 member units, representing the output value of 2 billion francs of the industry, more than 3000 employees, and the total annual income of employees is about 15 billion francs. Among the members, two-thirds are ordinary members and the remaining one-third are joint members. The Swiss coating industry is dominated by medium-sized enterprises, because the Swiss coating association mainly serves these enterprises.

2. Introduction to Greek paint Association

The members of the Greek paint association are mainly companies producing paints and inks. The production of members exceeds 70% of the domestic production. In 1960, the Greek paint association was established to promote and promote the healthy development of the paint industry. The Hellenic paint association is a full member of the European Union of paint and ink manufacturers' associations and the Hellenic Chemical Industry Association.

Greek coating industry: large scale coating production in Greece began with the industrial revolution and is closely related to other industries. Technological progress and the expansion of related application scope have brought about the demand for coatings such as buildings, ships, machinery and furniture. The main characteristics of the Greek coating industry include: all enterprises are basically independent family enterprises, and the production of multinational companies is limited. In the economic crisis in the later years of 2009, the whole industry lost 40% of its business, but the industry gradually recovered by taking appropriate measures to reduce costs and enhance exports. Today, exports account for 10% of business. Product exporting countries include countries in the Balkans, the former East Germany and the Middle East.

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In 1866, Xuanwei founded the group company. Today, the group has production bases and sales representatives in Greece, Serbia near the Balkans, Bulgaria and Romania. At present, the group has become one of the largest groups in similar industries in Greece, the largest decorative coating sales and production company in Greece, and has won many awards. The headquarters of the group is located in the production base of aspropogos near Athens, including two separate production bases, logistics center, new R & D laboratory and the group headquarters completed in 2008.