Current key activities
- Study market sectors and competing materials in major applications sectors
- Collate statistical data and imports statistics
- Annual environmental indicators survey and benchmarking exercise
- Technical market studies (eg energy performance of prepainted metal buildings)
- Standardisation (performance norms, test methods, Construction Product Directive including fire resistance)
- Colour measurement (comparisons, improvement)
- EURODES outdoor exposure sites including site classification, weight loss measurements and ecca own exposure programme
- Knowledge of and responsiveness to new legislation (especially related to environment)
- Special working group on REACH including generic use descriptors
- Market promotion of prepainted metal
