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BCF: Coatings Industry Business Confidence Climbs to Highest Level in Two Years

The latest survey highlights an expectation of poor results for printing inks during the rest of 2021.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

The coatings industry, which includes decorative paints, industrial coatings, printing inks and wallcoverings, has seen business confidence continue to improve as the economy recovers, according to the British Coatings Federation’s latest survey results. The BCF business confidence index figure is now 70.4, compared to 63.5 when this survey was conducted in autumn last year, and 61.6 in the last survey conducted pre-Covid-19, in autumn 2019.  This contrasts with June 2020, when business confide...

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