Rust-Oleum are marking the opening of a new 110,000 square foot floor coating manufacturing facility in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.

Martin Brudermüller, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, and Lin Shaochun, Deputy Governor of Guangdong Province, signed a more detailed framework agreement in Ludwigshafen for the planned construction of a new BASF Verbund site in Guangdong, southern China.

Axalta has published its Global Automotive Color Popularity Report for 2018. As a result, White remains the world leader with 38 percent.

Ineos Styrolution announced the final investment decision to construct a new 100kt capacity ASA plant at its site in Bayport, Texas.

With effect from 1 January 2019, the Benseler Group has acquired LISI Automotive Beteo GmbH & Co. KG, Gummersbach, Germany.

The coatings industry could suffer severe disruption, a loss of millions of pounds and a drain on investment with less than three months to go before Brexit, warns the British Coatings Federation (BCF).

The global powder coatings market is set to grow at a CAGR of 6.75 % by 2023, reaching a size of EUR 12.7 billion. Rising applications in numerous sectors including automotive, general industrial, and architectural will augment the market growth over the forecast period.

With the "BASF Colour Report for Automotive OEM Coatings”, BASF’s Coatings division provides a global analysis of the colour distribution in the 2018 automotive market.

PPG announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire automotive coatings manufacturer Hemmelrath.