This year’s CEPE Annual Conference & General Assembly will takie place in Krakow, Poland September 30 – October 2, 2015. The theme of this year’s conference is “Fit To Master the Change.”

Change has become a permanent factor in business – it also affects the paints and coatings industry. Legislations change, customer demands increase, business support systems become more savvy, employees attitudes change – just to name a few. Companies can no longer afford to be passive about restructuring their business models or technological transformations. Therefore, it is time to re-evaluate the business models and align them to the changing market conditions. It is important to find new approaches, make processes more effi cient and tap new markets to remain competitive.


This years conference will offer attendess an opportunity to learn about new distribution and marketing concepts, receive first-hand results of case studies on the supply chain management, get insight into the developments in the CEE markets and the dynamics of the Polish coatings market, learn how to attract talents and how to retain them and network during the conference and CEPE Night.

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