21 years in the coatings industry In the last month, I quietly passed 21 years working full time at Pronto. A neat way to summarise that expanse of time is to break it down into three, seven year blocks. […]
It’s been an interesting month. One where we’ve seen customers past and present wanting our best current pricing. It’s clear people in our industry are shopping around especially when basic staples like Xylene have increased 50% in the last few months […]
We’re seeing these kinds of spikes more and more. A few weeks back we were hit with a huge spike in demand. As the graph shows, we usually make around 11-12k litres a day. We’re not sure if it is the […]
By way of update, the latest data on the ongoing battle to absorb as much of the continual price increases as possible. Average raw material price is now up 55% since last March, this is separate to the energy and […]
Evaluations have been a critical part of testing and suitability processes throughout our thirty years in business. Ensuring the right coatings are selected for each application is an important part of building trust in both the product and the service. […]
“Have you got it available? I need it now!” Do you remember the old days ? When you learned your craft on how to engage with your target market and write relevant content? When you rehearsed the first conversation […]
We’re often asked which coatings achieve the most sales through distribution so we’ve looked at the sales data and can share our Distributor Coatings Top Ten for the very first time. If you want to try out or stock any coatings […]
Pricing. The subject we try to avoid whenever possible, for fear of upsetting the applecart maybe. The red line on the chart below shows where we pegged oil price when reviewing prices in Sept-Nov 2021. I could do […]
New statistics published in January by our great friends at British Coatings Federation addressed the significant raw material price inflation that has been impacting our industry for much of the last 12 months. BCF reports: 📈 Solvent prices were up […]
We’re, almost unbelievably, nearly at the end of 2021, another tumultuous year in our industry. And it’s time to reflect. But we’re not going to be downbeat. We’ve all faced a multitude of challenges that have been well documented. Instead, […]