The PPG Industries Foundation is sponsoring more than $340,000 worth of undergraduate college scholarships in 2014 for U.S. students in communities where PPG Industries operates.

AkzoNobel announced the intended sale of its global Paper Chemicals business to Kemira for €153 million.

PPG Industries has begun operation of a new packaging unit installed at its Gonfreville, France, coatings plant and aerospace application support center.

CertaPro, one of the largest residential and commercial painting franchises in North America, has recognized Benjamin Moore with its Gold Supplier of the Year award.

RPM International Inc. announced that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.24 per share, payable on July 31, 2014, to stockholders of record as of July 11, 2014.

PPG Industries announced yesterday that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V. (Comex), an architectural and industrial coatings company with headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico.

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PPG Industries recently announced an investment of about $40 million in its coatings manufacturing facility located in Sumare, São Paulo, Brazil.

Paint and coatings manufacturer AkzoNobel is investing more than €6.5 million in its Songjiang site near Shanghai, China, to expand an existing research center by adding a dedicated facility for the company's Performance coatings businesses.

AkzoNobel has appointed Maëlys Castella to be the company's new Chief Financial Officer. She will officially take up the position on September 15.