China,the factory of the world,is the largest automotive producer in the world by a large distance.China’s emergence as the largest automotive producer has benefited the country’s automotive coating industry in a major way.Coatings World presents an overview of China’s automotive coating industry in this feature through an interaction with three senior executives at BASF and PPG.China has been the largest global automotive maker and market since 2009,when the country surpassed the U.S.as the largest producer of automobiles.The country sold more than 13.5 million vehicles in 2009,as compared with 10.4 million cars and light trucks sold in the U.S.It has been 13 years since China ascended to the pole position of the global automotive industry.In the intervening years,Chinese automotive producers have further widened the difference between the automotive produced and sold in the country as compared to second-placed U.S.
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