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AkzoNobel has opened a new center for research at its Sassenheim site in the Netherlands.

Axalta Coating Systems, formerly DuPont Performance Coatings, is establishing new headquarters for both its corporate and its North America operations.

PPG Industries reported third quarter 2013 net sales of $4 billion, up 17 percent versus the prior year.

Benjamin Moore & Co., a unit of Berkshire Hathaway, has appointed Michael Searles to be the company’s new Chief Executive Officer.

RPM International Inc. announced that outstanding performance in the company's consumer segment and more modest gains in its industrial segment resulted in significant increases in sales, net income and diluted earnings per share for the fiscal 2014 first quarter ended August 31, 2013.

At the announcement of its second-quarter results in July, AkzoNobel announced that it had identified further efficiency and cost saving measures that would require €120 million of restructuring charges in the second half of 2013.

Axalta Coating Systems has unveiled a new brand name for DuPont Refinish, a leading global brand of automotive refinish systems.

AkzoNobel has announced plans to invest a total of more than €50 million in China to build new manufacturing facilities for its Powder Coatings and Decorative Paints businesses.

Students at two Dutch universities who teamed up with coatings experts from AkzoNobel broke the world speed record for a human-powered vehicle.

The Sherwin-Williams Co. has completed the acquisition of the U.S./Canada business of Consorcio Comex S.A. de C.V.