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Intercontinental Coatings

Posted January 04, 2008 8:22 AM

The coatings market is abuzz with news of mergers, acquisitions, and international partnerships, especially with emerging companies and processing facilities in China. The current U.S. economy also has the world eyeballing the potential aftermath of the weakening of the dollar, concerned about the prices of raw materials. How have these intertwining, international and economic complexities driven decision-making at your plant?

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Re: Intercontinental Coatings

01/05/2008 6:02 AM

Nature abhors a vacuum; thus all things economic are cyclical; hence plants think most about maintaining profit margins. What goes down now, goes up later. End of story.

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