The Sherwin-Williams Co. has completed its acquisition of The Valspar Corp.

The Valspar Corp., Minneapolis, has expanded production capacity of its automotive refinish coatings products at U.S.-based manufacturing facilities.

Axalta Coating Systems announced the growth of its Global Services Center in Asturias, Spain.

AkzoNobel has officially opened its €11 million powder coatings facility in Chengdu, western China.

Axalta Coating Systems has entered an agreement to acquire the Spencer Coatings Group, a manufacturer of high-performance industrial coatings for heavy-duty equipment, general industrial, oil and gas, and glass coatings segments.

AkzoNobel has opened a Performance Coatings production facility in Santo André, Brazil, which will enable the company to be more agile in responding to local customer needs and regional market demands.

AkzoNobel has declined a third unsolicited offer by PPG to purchase the company.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named AkzoNobel's Surface Chemistry business as a 2017 Safer Choice Partner of the Year.

PPG is celebrating the 50^th anniversary of DURANAR^® coatings throughout 2017, commemorating the introduction in 1967 of one of the industry’s first high-performance polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) coatings for metal building components.

People living in more than 40 countries around the world will benefit from a partnership between AkzoNobel and global peace movement MasterPeace that will involve painting 100 walls.