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Weekly Recap: PPG, Sherwin-Williams, Minwax Top This Week’s Stories

The most viewed news on our site for the week ending Aug. 29, 2025.

Here is Coatings World’s weekly recap—the most viewed news stories on our site for the week ending Aug. 29, 2025.

This week’s most read story is PPG being honored by Newsweek , followed by Sherwin-Williams launching its new Acrolon 680 single-coat topcoat. Minwax’s selection of Special Walnut as its 2026 Color of the Year was third, followed by contributing editor Dave Savastano’s online exclusive on Sage Slate being chosen as Valspar’s 2026 Color of the Year in fourth and Flugger and Amcor’s collaboration on a paint container with 50% recycled material in fifth.

Here are our top five most viewed stories from the past week:

1. PPG Recognized in Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Companies 2025 List

2. Sherwin-Williams Accelerates Coatings Applications, Shop Throughput with Single-Coat High-Performance Acrolon 680

3. Minwax Names Special Walnut as Its 2026 Color of the Year

4. Sage Slate is Valspar’s 2026 Color of the Year

5. Flügger, Amcor Introduce Paint Container with 50% Recycled Material

Thanks for reading our Breaking News. We’ll have a new list for you next Saturday.

Have a great week!

Dave Savastano
Contributing Editor

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