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Opening photo: The global industry has had to deal with the immediate ramifications of the vote, by starting to question the future of investments and of the legislation and regulations in force.
ANALYSIS
BREXIT: Consequences and Possible Solutions for the Surface Treatment Industry Barbara Pennati ipcm® From an interview with Tom Bowtell, CEO of the British Coatings Federation
O
n June 23, 2016, the United Kingdom
The first consequences of the vote have been
The vote on Brexit also brought forth many
answered a referendum question
evident since the announcement of the result:
internal issues, which are to this day among
that will go down in history: “Should
the change of the pound fell in two hours by
the most difficult to tackle, starting from
the United Kingdom remain a member of the
10% compared to the US dollar and by 7%
Scotland and Northern Ireland, where in
European Union or leave the European Union?”.
compared to the Euro; the then Prime Minister
fact respectively 62% and 55.78% of citizens
The 51,89% of the 33,577,342 voters chose to
David Cameron announced his resignation
voted to remain a member of the
leave the European Union.
from his position.
European Union.
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N. 56 - MARCH/APRIL 2019 - international PAINT&COATING magazine