This year’s European Coatings Show opened Tuesday with 887 exhibitors from 45 countries.

This year’s European Coatings Show opened Tuesday with 887 exhibitors from 45 countries. This is an increase of 10% from the 2009 event, and according to the show organizers, a positive sign that the industry has overcome the crisis mood of the last two years and is looking optimistically to the future. The international share of exhibitors is 61% (2009: 57%). The leading exhibitor nations this year after Germany (343 exhibitors) are China (120 exhibitors), Italy (47 exhibitors) and the Netherlands (46 exhibitors).