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Suzanne MATHIEU: Engineer from the École nationale supérieure de chimie de Strasbourg (ENSCS) - ACCTiV' Conseil
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Rémy HELLOUIN: Pre-painting Customer Service Department/Arcelor Mittal
INTRODUCTION
The concept of pre-painted products, which originated in the USA around 1937 for the manufacture of Venetian blinds, has established itself worldwide as a reliable, high-performance product. In 2006, worldwide consumption exceeded 18 million tonnes (MT), with average annual growth of 5% since 2003, and European production reached 5.7 MT.
In Europe, the building industry, both exterior (cladding, roofing) and interior, consumes over 70% of pre-painted steel production, and remains its preferred market. Nearly 9% of production passes through service centers for finishing operations (slitting, blanking). On the other hand, consumption of high-gloss pre-painted steel sheet for household appliance cladding has been declining since 2004, and now accounts for just 6% of production.
To meet the different needs expressed by these markets, a highly diversified range of products has been developed, enabling us to respond to different requirements: appearance, aesthetics, shape, corrosion resistance, light resistance (UV resistance), mechanical strength, scratch resistance, ease of application, recycling, maintenance and renovation.
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Global market
In 2006, the global prepainted sheet market was estimated at 18.4 million tonnes, up 6.7% on 2005 (figure ). This market is divided between Europe (ECCA), North America (NCCA) and the rest of the world (ROW) (figure ).
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Numerous technical and commercial documents are published by European suppliers of pre-painted steel sheets:
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Arcelor
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Arclad
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Norms and Standards
French Standards Association (AFNOR)
- Définition et Classification des qualités d'acier - NF EN 10020 - Oct. 2000
- Steel products – Cold-rolled flat products in mild steel for stamping or cold bending. - NF EN 10130 - sept. 1998
- Bandes et tôles d'acier doux revêtues en continu par immersion à chaud pour formage à froid. - NF EN 10327 - Jan 2005
- Bandes et tôles en aciers de construction revêtues...
Organizations – Federations – Associations
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CoRI (Coatings Research Association)
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ECCA (European Coil Coating Association)
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