PPG announced an expanded relationship with The Home Depot^® and HD Supply^® to offer an extensive lineup of professional PPG paint products and services designed exclusively for professional customers. 

The total number of vehicles built on the world’s assembly lines in 2020 and 2021 was significantly lower than the years before, which put a sharper point on the popularity of certain color spaces in the BASF Color Report 2021 for Automotive OEM Coatings, while knocking some perennial favorites down a few points.

X-Rite Incorporated and Pantone LLC recently announced that the official spectral color value for PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri is now available in PantoneLIVE™, a cloud-based digital color standard ecosystem.

Polychem Coatings, an IFS Coatings brand, recently launched its 2022-23 powder coating color trend palettes.

The Chemical Coaters Association International Finishing Education Foundation (CCAIFEF) is now accepting applications for the 2022 Matt Heuertz Scholarship Program. 

Axalta has released its 69^th annual Global Automotive Color Popularity Report revealing that most cars on today's roads are white.

PPG recently announced that its TIKKURILA™ Euro brand by PPG has introduced product packaging with up to 25% recycled plastic content in Russia. 

Axalta was recently named "Best Partner" for 2021 by Marcopolo S.A., one of the largest bus manufacturers in the world. 

Honoring top coatings projects from the past year, the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) has awarded Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine and its project partners two 2020 Structure Awards.

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) has released an updated specification describing test procedures and requirements for architectural quality aluminum oxide coatings applied to aluminum extrusions and panels for architectural products.