Articles by Karen Parker

A look at sales, and merger and acquisition activity in the coatings industry over the past year.

A look at the trends behind PCI’s ranking of the top coatings manufacturers.

It is time again to look at what’s happening in the coatings industry in North America and around the world. In this issue of PCI, we feature our annual study of the global top-10 and the top-25 North American coatings manufacturers.

This report ranks coatings manufacturers by coatings sales, and includes information about each manufacturer, including products they manufacture and recent mergers and acquisitions.

This year, we see steady growth in the industry, as well as signs of possible movement among the world’s top manufacturers.

Find out which coatings manufacturers rank in the top 25 in North America, or the top 10 in the world.

Located near the top of Italy’s “boot,” COROB’s San Felice facility is the main site producing the company’s tinting equipment and product models. Known for its progressive solutions for paint tinting, the plant faced a new kind of challenge in 2012 when two earthquakes hit the region in May.