PPG’s global coatings businesses includes paints, coatings and specialty materials for the aerospace, architectural, automotive OEM, automotive refinish, industrial, packaging, protective and marine, specialty coatings and materials, and traffic solutions industries.

Founded by Henry Sherwin and Edward Williams in 1866, The Sherwin-Williams Co. provides coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial and retail customers in paint stores in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.

Axalta Coating Systems announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire U-POL Holdings Limited (U-POL) from Graphite Capital Management LLP and other holders for £428 million (approximately $590 million).

PPG recently announced an expansion of its coatings manufacturing capacity in Europe for packaging applications.

AkzoNobel is expanding its long-term position in South and Central America after reaching an agreement to acquire Colombia-based paints and coatings company Grupo Orbis.

Two major projects to install around 8,000 solar panels are being finalized by AkzoNobel in China, helping the company to accelerate its ambition of cutting carbon emissions in half by 2030.

Axalta Coating Systems recently announced that Tyrone Michael Jordan, former President and Chief Operating Officer of DURA Automotive Systems, has been appointed to its board of directors, effective immediately.

PPG announced that it has completed its acquisition of all of the shares of Tikkurila, a leading Nordic paint and coatings company.

RPM International Inc. recently announced that its Carboline subsidiary has acquired the Dudick Inc. business, a provider of high-performance coatings, flooring systems and tank linings.

Connecting with passionate tech innovators is the goal of a new Paint the Future partnership between AkzoNobel and TNW (The Next Web).