Weekly Recap: CIN, India Shake-Up, BASF Top This Week’s Stories

Here is Coatings World’s weekly recap—the most viewed news stories on our site for the week ending Jan. 24, 2025.

CIN’s acquisition of Hempel Industrial B.V. again topped this week’s most read items, followed by India/AsiaPacific correspondent Yogender Singh's column on AkzoNobel’s plans for India. BASF strategic partnership for aftersales markets was third, with PPG’s dividend announcement fourth, and Axalta’s new Axalta Fellows Forum rounding out the top five.

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

1. CIN Acquires Hempel Industrial B.V.

2. Big Shake-Up in the Indian Paint Industry in the Cards

3. BASF Coatings Enters into Strategic Partnership for Aftersales Market

4. PPG Board of Directors Announce Quarterly Dividend of 68 Cents Per Share

5. Axalta Announces Launch of Innovative Axalta Fellows Forum

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Have a great week!

Dave Savastano
Contributing Editor