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Coatings
Manufacturing of coatings from predominantly handicraft production
developed itself to industrial production level only after the
World War II. Manufacturing was restored in The First Belgrade
Paint Factory founded in 1930. Since 1947 this company has worked
under the name DUGA and today it is doubtlessly the leading
manufacturer of coatings in Serbia.
Already at the end of 1945 the factory KOTROMAN was built at
Mokra Gora, located near the town of Uzice. More important manufacturers
in this field are also the companies POMORAVLJE from Nis (founded
in 1948), ZVEZDA from Gornji Milanovac (1953), SUKO from Pirot
(1957), HEMPRO from Sid (1959) and ZORKA-BOJE from Sabac (1975).
It might be said that this sector of chemical industry of Serbia
had rather successful development and gave high quality products.
Up to the nineties, manufacturing of coatings was developed
in a restricted number of companies in social ownership but
within the last decade private sector strongly entered this
production sector.
Production of Coatings
| PRODUCT |
M.U. |
1990 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
| Paints,
Varnishes, Lacquers and Enamels |
103 t |
39.1 |
21.0 |
15.9 |
16.6 |
18.4 |
23.2 |
It should be emphasized that coating industry was rather fast
in reaching assortment of products that were coming from the
disintegrated republics of the former Yugoslavia. Problems of
the bigger producers of coatings are from one aspect connected
with the present economic crisis and very low standard of living
in Serbia that has a negative impact on domestic consumption
level, and from the other with reduced competitiveness at export
market.
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