ANALYSIS
The Shortage of Raw Materials is Affecting the Italian Coating Industry Edited by Assovernici, the Italian Association of Coating Manufacturers info@assovernici.it
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ssovernici, the association representing Italian manufacturers of
• despite these serious supply difficulties, the companies represented
paints for construction and industry, reports serious difficulties
by Assovernici are deploying all their resources and they will do
in the supply of many key raw materials for the production of
their utmost to secure deliveries and not compromise the business
coatings for the building and industrial sectors.
continuity of their customers.
The association would like to emphasise some key points as follows: • this difficult situation is affecting Italy, but also the European and global
“Coating manufacturers have been facing serious raw material supply
markets;
problems for several weeks, in a context already marked by the
• caused by a complex mix of factors, such shortage prompted raw
difficulties linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been going
material producers to apply the force majeure clause;
on for a year now,” states Assovernici President Massimiliano Bianchi.
• the lack of sufficient quantities, combined with the simultaneous
Supply difficulties are caused by a very complex set of factors,
recovery in demand in this first quarter of 2021, is pushing up the price of
including plant maintenance issues and technical incidents, also
many commodities and their related raw materials;
due to adverse weather conditions, which have imposed temporary
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