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

Here is Coatings World’s weekly recap—the most viewed news stories on our site for the week ending Nov. 8, 2024.

For the second week in a row, Nippon Paint’s plans to acquire AOC was the most read story this week, with RPM acquiring TMP Convert the second most read. PPG had the next two spots; PPG reaching an agreement to sell its US and Canadian architectural coatings business to American Industrial was in third and its MOONWALK paint mixing system in fourth. UK lin-seed paint maker Brouns & Co acquiring a warehouse in the US to better serve its growing customer base in North America rounded out the top five.

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

1. Nippon Paint Holdings to Acquire AOC from Lone Star Funds

2. RPM Acquires TMP Convert

3. PPG Reaches Agreement to Sell Architectural Coatings U.S. and Canada business to American Industrial

4. PPG MOONWALK Paint Mixing System Now Has Customers in All 50 U.S. States

5. UK Linseed Paint Maker Launches US Venture

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Have a great week!

Dave Savastano
Editor