2026 American Coatings Show (ACS 2026)

American Coatings Show ACS(American Coatings Show) will be held may 5-May 7, 2026 in Indianapolis, USA organize. The exhibition is held every two years and is jointly sponsored by the American Coatings Association (American Coatings Association) and the media group Vincentz Network. It is one of the largest, most authoritative and long-standing professional exhibitions in the American coatings industry. It is also a brand exhibition with international influence in the global coatings industry.

The US paint market is showing a booming trend. According to data from market research institutions, the US coatings market is one of the largest coatings markets in the world. It is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.5 from 2023 to 2028, and the market size is expected to be close to US $25 billion by 2026. The demand of the US coatings market covers many fields, among which the construction industry is the largest application field, accounting for about 60% of the total sales, and other fields such as industrial coatings, automotive coatings, furniture coatings and electronic equipment coatings also occupy an important proportion. With the increasing awareness of environmental protection and the increasing demand for high-performance coatings, the demand for environmentally friendly and high-performance coatings in the US paint market is growing, providing a large market full of opportunities for global paint companies.

The 2026 American Coatings Show will enter its eighteenth year, continuing to bring the latest products and technologies to the industry, and providing the industry with greater exhibition space and a wide range of learning and communication experiences. A total of 588 companies participated in the 2024 American Coatings Exhibition, including many top multinational companies such as BASF, Evonik, Clarion, Dow Chemical, Bick Chemical, Longsheng, Covestro, Solvay, Wacker Chemical, Troy, etc. The exhibition area is 12,492 square meters. At the same time, the exhibition also held a US paint conference, which created a communication platform for enterprises and industry experts. The exhibition attracted more than 9,000 professional visitors from all over the world.

In recent years, the enthusiasm of Chinese paint raw material enterprises to participate in foreign paint exhibitions has been increasing. Nearly 120 Chinese enterprises will still participate in the 2024 US paint exhibition, such as Jiangsu Sanmu, Anhui Excalibur, Venus Titanium Dioxide, Jinan Yuxing, Kuncai Technology, Runtai Chemical, Shuangle Pigment, Shanghai Jiuta, Zhejiang Baolijia, Chang 'an Renheng and other exhibitors have achieved good exhibition results. The Chemical Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, as the official exclusive agency of the exhibition, will continue to organize and serve domestic enterprises to participate in the ACS 2026. The specific items of the exhibition are as follows:

Basic information of 1. exhibition

name: American Coatings Exhibition (ACS)

time: May 5-May 7, 2026

location: Indianapolis, USA

2. Exhibits

raw materials for coatings (resins, solvents, pigments, fillers, additives, etc.); raw materials for inks and adhesives; experimental, production and packaging equipment; testing and measuring instruments; environmental protection and safety services, etc.