Articles by Karen Parker

See which companies have the highest coatings sales in the world and in North America.

The Global Top 10 and PCI 25 is a ranking of the top global and North American coatings manufacturers. Rankings are based on 2015 coatings sales. Sales of other, non-coating products are not included.

It is time again to look at what’s happening in the coatings industry in North America and around the world. In this issue of PCI, we feature our annual study of the global top-10 and the top-25 North American coatings manufacturers.

This report ranks coatings manufacturers by coatings sales, and includes information about each manufacturer, including products they manufacture and recent mergers and acquisitions.

This year, we see steady growth in the industry, as well as signs of possible movement among the world’s top manufacturers.

Find out which coatings manufacturers rank in the top 25 in North America, or the top 10 in the world.

Located near the top of Italy’s “boot,” COROB’s San Felice facility is the main site producing the company’s tinting equipment and product models. Known for its progressive solutions for paint tinting, the plant faced a new kind of challenge in 2012 when two earthquakes hit the region in May.