The growth during 2000 was not even across the segments of the industry. The architectural coatings segment declined 2.0% in volume and 3.0% in value. The OEM products segment advanced 3.1% in volume and a small increase in value. The special-purpose coatings segment grew 4.2% in volume and 2.9% in value. The data for the three segments and the total industry are shown in Table 1.
Waterborne architectural coatings continue to gain in share over solventborne products. In 2000, total waterborne architectural paint had 80.8% of the volume. The interior waterborne share of the volume was 88.0%, while the exterior solventborne share was 69.0%. Solventborne products continue to lose favor with the consumer and contractor.