Comment

On this page of our July issue we commented upon a recent study of the West European paint study — made by Industrial Aids Ltd, of London SW1 — which gave the gloomy forecast that the growth of paint production in the 1980's would be less than 5 per cent. In contrast, we have now seen another report which states that in the transport and marine fields the West European paint market is expected to increase by some forty per cent in monetary value (i.e. not volume) by 1985.