PPG Industries reported fourth quarter 2014 net sales from continuing operations of $3.71 billion, up $207 million, or 6%, versus the prior-year figure of $3.5 billion.

Axalta Coating Systems and Shanghai Kinlita Chemical have signed an agreement to form a joint venture in China.

PPG Industries has entered into negotiations with the AXSON Group to acquire REVOCOAT, a global supplier of sealants, adhesives and damper products for the automotive industry.

BEHR MARQUEE^® Interior Paint & Primer has won top honors in the 2014 Innovation Award selected by The Home Depot.

AkzoNobel has partnered with The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) - the business research arm of The Economist Group - to explore what makes urban areas sustainable and examine how cities can become more livable.

Quest Automotive Products (QAP), a member of the Quest Specialty Chemicals group, has hired Hermon Ferrell to be the company’s new Director of Product & Color Management.

AkzoNobel is part of a major Dutch partnership working with Canada's Enerkem to explore the use of waste streams as a feedstock for chemical production and the development of waste-to-chemicals facilities.

For more than 130 years, Moran Towing Corp.’s fleet of tugboats had been recognized for the signature white “M” painted on their stacks. This October, company President Ted Tregurtha and a donation of PITT-TECH^® Plus marine paint from PPG Industries distributor Armorica Sales collaborated to adorn the well-known industry emblem in pink on 100 tugboats to promote breast cancer awareness.

PPG Industries reported third quarter 2014 net sales from continuing operations of $3.94 billion, up $161 million, or 4%, versus the prior year.

PPG Industries has finalized the acquisition of Consorcio Comex S.A. de C.V. (Comex), an architectural coatings company with headquarters in Mexico City, in a transaction valued at $2.3 billion.