AkzoNobel is building a new €90 million state-of-the-art facility in the Nangang Chemical Park of the Binhai District in Tianjin, China.

RPM International Inc., Medina, Ohio, has acquired Adhere Industrial Tapes Ltd. to be part of its tremco illbruck business group.

Leading global logistics company Grimaldi Group has received the largest number of carbon credits to be issued through an initiative developed by AkzoNobel's marine coatings business.

A unique partnership has been set up in which four leading companies, including AkzoNobel, have made a long-term agreement to jointly source power from renewable energy projects for part of their operations in the Netherlands.

RPM International Inc. reported record sales, net income and earnings per diluted share for its fiscal 2017 first quarter ended August 31, 2016, despite continued strong headwinds from currency exchange, softness in the energy and heavy equipment industries worldwide and an overall sluggish global economy.

PPG officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the PPG coatings research center in Marly, France, to open a new laboratory and inaugurate an electrocoat (e-coat) aerospace primer pilot operation.

RPM International Inc. has acquired Specialty Polymer Coatings Inc. (SPC), a Canadian manufacturer of high-performance coatings for the global oil and gas pipeline market with annual net sales of approximately $26 million.

Axalta Coating Systems announced that Samuel L. Smolik has joined the company’s Board of Directors.

AkzoNobel has named Thierry F.J. Vanlancker the future Executive Committee member responsible for Specialty Chemicals, effective February 1, 2017.

AkzoNobel has broken ground on its new powder coatings plant in Mumbai, India.