AkzoNobel has announced plans to invest a total of more than €50 million in China to build new manufacturing facilities for its Powder Coatings and Decorative Paints businesses.

Students at two Dutch universities who teamed up with coatings experts from AkzoNobel broke the world speed record for a human-powered vehicle.

The Sherwin-Williams Co. has completed the acquisition of the U.S./Canada business of Consorcio Comex S.A. de C.V.

PPG Industries' protective and marine coatings (PMC) business announced that customers in Mexico can order AMERCOAT^® brand products directly from PPG.

AkzoNobel has again been ranked in the number-one position on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), heading the newly named Materials industry group (previously the Chemicals super sector).

PPG Industries has appointed Kevin Braun Vice President of Industrial Coatings, Americas. Braun replaces Richard Zoulek, who has left the company.

AkzoNobel plans to phase out the production of organic peroxides at its site in Deventer, the Netherlands, by the end of 2016.

The new Sherwin-Williams MIL-PRF-14105 High Heat finish is one of only four approved products available globally to meet this rigorous military standard, having received Army Research Lab (ARL) approval at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, MD.

The Supervisory Board of BASF Coatings GmbH has appointed Thomas Hartmann Managing Director and Industrial Relations Director of BASF Coatings GmbH.

AkzoNobel has appointed David Allen the company's new Head of Integrated Supply Chain.