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Connecting the

World of Coatings

For more than 30 years, the Coatings Group has been bringing the coatings industry together through over 100 events across Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.

The Coatings Group connects businesses with customers, new markets and commercial opportunities across these regions. Its portfolio of biennial events brings together manufacturers, raw material suppliers, distributors and technical specialists, including chemists and formulators, to showcase the latest products and solutions, exchange technical expertise and build stronger connections across the global coatings industry.

Seven Events.

One Global Coatings Community.

The portfolio includes the Middle East Coatings Show in Dubai, the MENA region’s largest gathering for the coatings industry, and Coatings For Africa, the leading coatings event in Southern Africa.

The Saudi Arabia Coatings Show is the Kingdom’s only dedicated coatings trade exhibition, while the Egypt Coatings Show builds on a long-standing legacy in one of the region’s most important coatings markets.

The flagship Asia Pacific Coatings Show rotates between Bangkok and Jakarta, connecting leading companies from across Southeast Asia and the Pacific Rim. In Lagos, the West Africa Coatings Show provides a gateway to one of West Africa’s fastest-grow

Connecting Markets.

Building Business.

Coatings play a critical role across industries including construction, automotive, manufacturing and infrastructure.

Across its events, the Coatings Group brings the industry together to discover new products and solutions, share technical knowledge, meet the people behind the business and explore new opportunities.

From established markets to emerging ones, the Coatings Group connects the people, products and ideas moving the coatings industry forward.

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From The Community

The Asia Pacific Coatings Show is an important event bringing customers, suppliers and industry professionals together. It’s a great platform to discover trends, reconnect with customers, build new business relationships and showcase innovative solutions for efficient, sustainable and flexible paint production across the growing Southeast Asian market.

The Asia Pacific Coatings Show is a fantastic platform for meeting customers, building business relationships and exploring opportunities. With Indonesia being a large market, exhibiting at the show is important to our growth and market development. Bringing customers together under one roof makes it an effective marketing opportunity for our business.

Exhibiting at the Asia Pacific Coatings Show 2026 has been a great experience. It’s been a fantastic opportunity to meet customers, connect with prospects and partners, and introduce our portfolio to the Southeast Asian market. Events like this are important for building brand awareness, strengthening relationships and understanding market needs.

Visiting the Asia Pacific Coatings Show was a very inspiring and valuable experience for our research and development activities. It offered excellent opportunities to source new pigments, resins and additives. The products were excellent, with promising discussions and laboratory trials. The presentations were informative, and I made valuable business connections.

As a chemist, I attended Asia Pacific Coatings Show to explore raw materials for laboratory testing. The show was a valuable experience, providing opportunities to connect with industry professionals and vendors. I also attended ChemTalks sessions, gaining valuable industry knowledge and insights. I would highly recommend the show to colleagues in the coatings industry.

I visited the Asia Pacific Coatings Show in my role within the automotive paint manufacturing department to review new pigments, resins and additives. The products were excellent, with promising discussions and laboratory trials. The presentations were informative, and valuable connections made the event highly beneficial. We’ve also recommended the show to colleagues and industry contacts.

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Explore the Coatings Group and our portfolio of events across Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.