14.12.2016
- Japanese coatings company Kansai Paint has boosted its presence in Europe with the purchase of Slovenia’s Helios Coatings Group. The two companies signed a share purchase agreement...
12.12.2016
- Continued slow growth in global demand has prompted US coatings specialist PPG Industries to undertake global restructuring in a bid to save around $125 million a year. The board...
30.11.2016
- US coatings producer Axalta is planning to build a new plant in The National Chemical Industrial Park (NCIP) in Nanjing, China. The facility will manufacture a broad range of te...
22.11.2016
- US paints, coatings and materials company PPG Industries has purchased the remaining 50% stake in PP Univer, its Italian joint venture with Univer Italiana. Financial terms were...
09.11.2016
- US coatings specialist PPG Industries has agreed to buy leading Romanian paint and architectural coatings manufacturer Deutek for an undisclosed sum. PPG is buying the Bucharest...
07.11.2016
- Major US distributor Azelis Americas (formerly known as KODA Distribution Group) is merging its GMZ and EW Kaufmann regional businesses for the coatings, adhesives, sealants and...
31.08.2016
- AkzoNobel has broken ground on a new powder coatings plant in Mumbai, India. Capacity details were not revealed for the facility scheduled to start up in late 2017. The plant...
03.08.2016
- With immediate effect, US-based liquid and powder coatings producer Axalta Coating Systems has acquired the business of Geeraets Autolak, a distributor of the company’s Cromax...
