A total of 5924 specialist visitors, roughly 20.5% more than at the premiere PaintExpo event in 2006, gathered in Karlsruhe, Germany, March 11-14 to browse the product offerings of 285 exhibitors (an 18% increase) from the field of coatings technology. The event covered the entire finishing process, from pretreatment and paint and application techniques to final inspection.

The next PaintExpo, international trade fair for industrial coatings technology, will take place in the spring of 2010.

For more information, e-mail info@paintexpo.de or visitwww.paintexpo.de.