You have recently strengthened your R&D activities. What have you done? 6 % of our turnover is dedicated to R&D. In paints & coatings our R&D is located in France, in the USA, in Brazil, in South Korea and China. Many exchanges take place between our laboratories to share experiences and works. We do not hire "searchers" but "finders". It is quite rare in a family company such as ours, but we have a Director of Partnerships and his activity is wholly dedicated to find partnerships with public or private laboratories or industrials. You have grown steadily over ...