FATIPEC - Fédération d'Associations de Techniciens des Industries des Peintures de l'Europe Continentale

FATIPEC is the acronym for "Fédération d'Associations de Techniciens des Industries des Peintures, vernis, émaux et encres d'imprimerie de l'Europe Continentale" (Federation of the Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers and Printing Inks Industries Technologists' Associations of Continental Europe).

Created in 1950 on the initiative of the Belgian, Dutch, French, Italian and Swiss Coating Technologists Associations, FATIPEC counts today eleven affiliated European National Associations of scientists, technicians and experts from the Paint, Ink and Adhesive world whose affiliated individual members belong to Paint, Ink and Varnishes Manufacturers, Raw Material Suppliers, Equipment Suppliers and end Users :

  Belgium: ATIPIC
Association des Techniciens de l'Industrie des Peintures et Industrie connexes

  Czech Republic: SCPCA
Ceska Spolec nost Chemicka (Group for Paints, Pigments and Resins)

  France: AFTPVA
Association Française Des Techniciens des Peintures, Vernis, Encres d'imprimerie, Colles et Adhésifs

  Germany: API
Fachgruppe "Anstrichstoffe und Pigmente"
in der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker

  Greece: GCA
Greek Chemists Association

  Hungary: MKE
Magyar Kémikusok Egyesülete, Lakk-ès Festékipari Szakosztäly

  Italy : AITIVA
Associazione Italiana Tecnici Industrie Vernici e Affini

  Poland: SITPCHEM
Stowarzyszenie In zynierow i Technikow Prze myslu Chemicznego Sekcja Wyrobow Lakierowych (Polish Association of Chemical Engineers)

  Russia: RCSA
Russian Coating Scientific Association

  Switzerland: SVLFC
SchweizeriSche Vereinigung der Lack und Farbe Chemiker

  The Netherlands: NVVT
Nederlandse Vereniging van Verftechnici

All together the number of individual affiliated members amounts to about 2500.

FATIPEC is also member of CSI (Coatings Societies International) whose other Federation/Association members are FSCT (United States and Canada), JSCM (Japan), OCCA (United Kingdom), SCAA (Australia), SCANZ (New Zealand), SLF (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden), SATER (Argentina) and STAR(Ecuador, Peru, Columbia, Venezuela) .