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Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. announced that an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement with certain affiliates of The Carlyle Group for the purchase of a total of 20 million of Axalta’s common shares for an aggregate purchase price of $560 million, or $28.00 per share.

PPG Industries has completed the acquisition of certain assets of Flood^® Australia, which manufactures and distributes specialty wood stain and paint additive solutions for consumer, commercial and industrial applications.

The board of directors of RPM International Inc. has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.26 per share, payable on April 30, 2015 to stockholders of record as of April 13, 2015.

BASF announced it will expand its capacity for the production of Paliocrom^® effect pigments in Ludwigshafen, Germany, by more than 20 percent by 2017.

Benjamin Moore has kicked off what the company characterizes as the most robust and ambitious advertising campaign in its history.

AkzoNobel is exploring new ways of increasing business value by piloting a unique four-dimensional approach.

The new PPG PITTSBURGH PAINTS^® brand announced its exclusive paint-brand partnership with Independent We Stand, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the revival of independent, locally owned and operated businesses.

INVISTA is bringing production of its TERRIN™ polyols to Europe via its facility in Vlissingen, the Netherlands.

Scholle Chemical has announced the launch of a major rebranding effort and will now be known as Alchemix Corp.

A consortium of companies in the European process industry comprising the areas of biotechnology, renewable resources, chemistry, process engineering, and equipment supply, as well as research organizations, recently launched project PRODIAS (PROcessing Diluted Aqueous Systems).