The Industry

Coatings and inks are all around you. From a modest industry of a few hundred highly innovative companies flow the materials that protect and create much of our environment and are the means of delivery of most of our information and education.

Half of the country’s workforce would have to go home if these vital products did not turn up for them to use in their jobs, yet coatings and inks are usually taken for granted. For more information on coatings visit the Interesting Facts page.

The British Coatings Federation represents over 100 companies, which produce about 90 percent of the UK output of coatings, printing inks and wallcoverings. The Federation believes that traiing is a key component of the future prosperity of the industry, and is working closely with Proskills and other agencies to improve and develop its programme of distance learning technical courses.  Click here for further information.

• Numbers employed: 11,500
• Industry Turnover: £2.2 bn

See tabs to your right for more information about the Coatings Industry.

Click the image below for details of our Annual Handbook, which updates you on the work of the British Coatings Federation.