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Coatings World’s Top Stories for 2024

Top companies, mergers of paint and coatings manufacturers top this year's breaking news and online exclusives.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Coatings World covered a wide variety of stories online throughout 2024, from online exclusives to breaking news, and these articles drew the most readership.

These 10 online exclusives drew the highest readership totals during 2024:

1. BASF’s 2024 Automotive Color Trends Show Non-Traditional Attitude

2. Thought Leaders in the Paint and Coatings Industry

3. Mergers and Acquisitions in the Paint and Coatings Industry

4.  Intumescent Coatings: What Are They & How Are They Used?

5. Shuttered Kelly-Moore Paints Stores Reopen Under H-I-S Paint

6. Shelf Life vs Pot Life vs Working Life of Paint and Coatings

7. Glasst’s Peelable UNPAINT Keeps Homes, Stores Fresh

8. Transforming a Small Bathroom into a Luxurious Sanctuary with Color

9. Q&A: Irene Tasi, Senior Vice President, Industrial Coatings, PPG

10. Great Lakes Coatings Conference to be Launched in 2025

These are the 10 top breaking news items from 2024:

1. Kelly-Moore Paint Company Ceases Operations

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

3. Solar Energy Breakthrough Could Reduce Need for Solar Farms

4. PPG to Build New Paint and Coatings Manufacturing Facility in Tennessee

5. BASF Launches RMC1000, Refinish Industry’s First One-coat Clear

6. BASF Awarded a Red Dot for its Unique Automotive Coating Concept

7. PPG to Review Strategic Alternatives for Architectural Coatings Business in the U.S. and Canada

8. PPG Announces Industrial Coatings Leadership Changes

9. Sherwin-Williams Reports 2023 Year-End, 4Q Financial Results 

10. AkzoNobel to Close Three Sites, Optimize Its Industrial Footprint

These are the 5 top features from 2024:

1. Top Ten Paint and Coating Producers in India

2. The 2024 Top Companies Report

3. The Wood Coatings Market

4. 2024 CEO Forum

5. How European Paint Companies are Fulfilling the Green Agenda

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