This issue of PCI features the 17th annual listing of the top coatings manufacturers in the world. With the constraints of a more compact magazine and the continued consolidation of the coatings industry, the editors decided this would be the year to cut the list down to the Top-10 global leaders and the Top-25 North American companies.
The U.S. Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), and President Obama signed it into law on Feb. 17. As the dust settles and details of the plan begin to emerge, we all wonder how the bill will impact our lives, our jobs and the industries where we work.
This issue of PCI features the 16th annual listing of the top coatings manufacturers in the world. We ranked both the Top-10 global leaders and the Top-50 North American companies according to their worldwide 2007 global coatings sales figures.
