Weekly Recap: PPG, Axalta, AkzoNobel Top This Week’s Stories

Here is Coatings World’s weekly recap—the most viewed news stories on our site for the week ending Sept. 20, 2024.

This week’s most read story was PPG being named one of the world’s best companies by TIME magazine, followed by Axalta’s new Axalta Irus Scan, a next-generation spectrophotometer for refinish customers. AkzoNobel selecting True Joy as its Color of the Year 2025 was the third most read, followed by ACD’s Jennifer Gibson’s feature on heavy-handed chemical regulations and AkzoNobel’s new forecasting tool for marine coatings.

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

1. PPG Recognized as One of the ‘World’s Best Companies’ by TIME Magazine

2. Axalta Introduces Axalta Irus Scan, Next-Generation Spectrophotometer, for Refinish Customers

3. AkzoNobel’s Name True Joy Color of the Year 2025

4. Heavy-Handed Regulations Weaken the Chemical Industry’s Ability to Compete

5. AkzoNobel Makes Updates to Industry-first Forecasting Tool for Marine Coatings

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Have a great week!

Dave Savastano
Editor