The United States coating industry — a review

Abstract

To say that the coatings industry in the United States has been in the doldrums is an understatement. The value of shipments in 1972 dollars was $3.8 billion and in these same constant dollars, £3.7 billion in 1983. To be sure, in actual dollars, the $3.8 billion figure of 1972 increased to almost nine billion dollars in 1983. But the constant dollar figure is obviously the significant one. What all this means is that the industry was “running in order to stand still”. In other words, despite the increase in inflated dollars, there was no increase when these actual dollars were discounted for inflation.

Citation

Americus (1986), "The United States coating industry — a review", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 15 No. 3, pp. 4-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb042211