At the annual press conference, the German Paint and Printing Ink Industry Association (VdL) presented the current economic figures for the paint industry. Industrial coatingsThe diverse industrial coatings sector is particularly affected by the weakness of the manufacturing industry. This was followed by the automotive refinishing sector, with EUR 532 million, and the metal products sector, with EUR 390 million. Printing inksIn 2024, 177,000 tons of printing inks were sold on the German market, worth EUR 738 million. This represents significant declines of around 2%, which are mainly due to losses in the publication printing sector, while packaging printing grew slightly.