President's message


Dino Mallamaci (AITIVA)
President 2009 - 2010

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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 twelve 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 Industries 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: GDCh Lackchemie
Fachgruppe "Lackchemie" in der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker


Germany: VILF
Verband der Ingenieure des Lack- und Farbenfaches e.v

Greece: GCA
Greek Chemists Association

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


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


All together the number of individual affiliated members amounts to about 3000.

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) .