Revista Paint & Pintura - Edição 219

CLIPPING 6 | PAINT&PINTURA |Março2017 EVENTSAND INVESTMENTSBOOST THE INDUSTRY Toheatupthemarketthisearly intotheyear,AgneloEditora is takingahead startandpublishing in this issueofPaint& PinturaMagazinethelistoffinalistsforthe21stPaint&Pintura Awards. It comprises the companieswho set themselves apartlastyearin53categories.Insuchachallengingscenario astheonewearefacedwith,beingafinalistforatraditional award likethis,which isrecognizedplayerswithinthesupply chainwhovote toelect thebest in the industry, isadouble causeforcelebration. Thewinnerswillbeannouncedoverabeautifuldinnerthat is takingplaceonMay12atEspaçoVilados Ipês, inSãoPaulo. Ontheoccasion,the industrywill learnwhothewinnersare in all of 39 categories for suppliers of rawmaterials, 8 for bestpaintcompanies,and6 forPersonalityof theYear.For thisyear’seditionoftheawardpresentation,onemoreraw material categoryhasbeenadded: Isocyanates.Oneother newdevelopment isthattheAutomotiveCoatings(OEM& Refinish)categoryhasbeensplit intotwo:AutomotiveOEM Coatings, andAutomotiveRefinishCoatings.Checkout the full listoffinalistsonthefollowingpages. Wearealsobringingyouanexclusivepieceon thePaint& PinturaForumprogram,which this year kicksoff inRecife, thestatecapitalofPernambuco.Thehighlysuccessfulevent is going tobeheld in theRecifearea for the third timeon March23,atHotelWyndhamGardenRecife, inJaboatãodos Guararapes, and tobringalong themost innovativeof raw materialsandinputsfordecorative,automotiveandindustrial coatingsfromthe industry’smajorsuppliers. This isgoingtobeonlythefirstoffiveforumsthataresetto takeplace in thecourseof theyear 2017. FollowingRecife, Pernambuco, theforumwillalsobeheld inCuritiba,Paraná; RiodeJaneiro,RiodeJaneiro;Salvador,Bahia;andCriciúma, SantaCatarina. Also inthis issueofPaint&PinturaMagazine isamajor interview withWeberPorto,Evonik’schiefexecutiveofficerfortheSouth and Central Americas region, who tells us all details of their announcement fromearlier this year of their acquisitionof Air Products’specialtyadditivesbusiness,atransactionworthUS$3.8 billion.PortoalsotalksabouttheacquisitionofJMHuber’ssilica businessfortheamountofUS$630million,aswellasaseriesof investmentsEvonikhasbeenmaking inBrazil,whichhave ledto theopeningofthreeplants inthepastthreeyears.“It’sourgoal togrowour salesandmarket shareand toexpandourproduct portfolio, supporting thegrowthof our partners andprospec- tivecustomers inBrazil.These investmentsreaffirmourgroup’s commitmenttotheBrazilianmarketplace,whichplaysavitalrole intheworldarena inthevariousmarketsegmentsweserve.” Thearticlesonthefeaturedthemesforthis issue -Polyurethane Resins,andTitaniumDioxide -arealsofilledwithnewsonprod- ucts, technologies, servicesandsupport,aswell as theviewsof several leading suppliers on growth expectations and targets for2017. LucéliaMonfardini INTERVIEW -ATRAJECTORYMARKEDBYACQUISITIONS AND INVESTMENTS EvonikcontinuestobeoptimisticaboutBrazil’sgrowthpoten- tialandaboutplayinganactivepart inthatgrowth. Havingannouncedmajor investmentsandacquisitionsover thepast few years, Evonikhas kickedoff 2017by announc- ing twomore acquisitions. The companyhas completed its acquisitionofAirProducts’specialtyadditivesbusinessforthe amountofUS$3.8billion, andofJ.M.Huber’ssilicabusiness forUS$630million. EvonikisalsomakingaseriesofinvestmentsinBrazil,including theopeningofthreeplantsinthepastthreeyears-twoplants inAmericana,SãoPaulo,andone inthetownofCastro,Paraná -,a newoffice inSãoPaulo,SãoPaulo,andtheexpansionof itsservice andsalescapabilities. Allof thoseactionsmake itclear that theBrazilianmarketplace is really important to thecompany.Tellingalldetailsof those invest- mentsandacquisitionstoPaint&PinturaMagazineisWeberPorto, Evonik’schiefexecutiveofficer for theSouthandCentralAmerica regions.“It’sourgoal istogrowoursalesandmarketshareandto expandourproductportfolio,supportingthegrowthofourpartners andprospectivecustomersinBrazil.Theseinvestmentsreaffirmour group’scommitmenttotheBrazilianmarketplace,whichplaysavital role intheworldarena inthevariousmarketsegmentsweserve.”