The BOP opportunity for paint companies

About half of the different types of raw materials used in manufacturing coatings are imported into India, which corresponds to approximately 30 percent of raw material requirements. Most are petrochemical based, and therefore fluctuations in crude oil pricing and changes in import duties had a significant impact on profitability.

March 12, 2012 / 13:55 IST

Dr Mosongo Moukwa

Recent research on business models that target the

first published: Mar 5, 2012 01:56 pm

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