Annual survey: Intensifying Pressure
年度调查:涂料行业压力加大
Damir Gagro
Under the difficult circumstances, 2021 went relatively well for much of the industry. What worries everyone, however, is the precarious raw material situation. Hardly anyone expects an end or relief any time soon. The forecasts remain gloomy.
即便在困难情势下,2021年对大部分行业来说都相对不错.然而,令所有人担忧的是不稳定的原材料形势.几乎没有人认为危机会很快结束或缓解.市场预测依然悲观.
The pressure due to the difficult raw material situation is growing.
Looking back, most of the entrepreneurs consider the past business year to be satisfactory on the whole.
原材料困难的压力越来越大.
回顾过去的一年,大多数企业家认为总体上是令人满意的.
原材料价格和供应是一个挑战
Raw material prices and supply as a challenge
However, what was already apparent at the end of 2020 intensified last year and continues to this day: Supply chain issues. Here there is absolute unanimity among all respondents. It always happens that individual raw materials are not available or are only available at high prices. But the situation in 2021 is unprecedented. Almost all raw materials, but also production materials such as containers, sacks or boxes, were affected by a shortage. In some cases, you simply couldn’t get what you needed. In addition, prices increased drastically. Additional costs in the high double-digit percentage range were not uncommon and were increasingly being recorded. There is no relief in sight for the time being. Some 8 % of the managing directors believe that the situation will improve in the first half of 2022. The majority (54 %) expects an improvement in the second half of 2022. About 38 % do not see the situation easening until 2023.
然而,在2020年底已经很明显的供应链问题在去年加剧,并一直持续到今天.在这一点上,所有受访者的意见完全一致.
疫情以来,经常会出现个别原材料买不到或只有高价才能买到的情况.但2021年的困难情况是前所未有的.几乎所有的原材料,包括集装箱/麻袋/盒子等生产材料,都受到了短缺的影响.在某些情况下,有些东西有钱都买不到.
此外,原材料价格急剧上涨.高一成以上额外费用的情况屡见不鲜.目前还看不到缓解的迹象.
只有约8%的董事总经理认为,这种情况将在2022年上半年有所改善.而大多数人(54%)预计2022年下半年情况会有所改善.还有大约38%的人认为这种情况直到2023年才会缓解.
This year, 27 decision-makers from the paint and coatings industry took part in our Annual Survey. Their statements can be found in the January issue of the European Coatings Journal. This guest article also deals with the worrying topic of raw material prices and availability.
今年,来自油漆和涂料行业的27位决策者参加了我们的年度调查.他们的声明发表在一月份的《欧洲涂料杂志》上.这篇客座文章还讨论了令人担忧的原材料价格和供应问题.
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原文来源: www.european-coatings.com
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