CII Surface & Coating Expo (SCE 2025) emerging as key platform for industry engagement and innovation

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organizing the 5th edition of Surface & Coating Expo (SCE 2025) July 17 – 19, 2025 at the newly built extension of the Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, India.

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“CII has been organizing its flagship event Surface & Coating Expo since 2014. With four successful editions, the event has received an overwhelming response from the stakeholders of the industry across the globe and has evolved as India's largest and exclusive event focused on surface engineering, preparation, coatings, finishing, corrosion protection, environmental engineering and technologies,” said Dr U Kamachi Mudali, Chairman – CII Surface & Coating Expo, Chairman – CII Corrosion Management Division and Vice Chancellor, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI).

The event has received participation from over 300+ exhibitors spread across 13,000+ sqm of display area. This has seen a 40% increase with number of participations compared to the previous edition which had 220 exhibitors with 10,000+ sqm of display area. The previous edition drew 15,512 business and trade visitors with this edition expecting around 20,000+ visitors from across the globe.