The International Paint and Printing Ink Council Inc. (IPPIC) announced the publication of its Global Market Analysis for the Paint & Coatings Industry (2015-2020).

Synthomer, Harlow England, has agreed to buy Hexion Performance Adhesives & Coatings (Hexion PAC), the adhesives and coatings business of Hexion Inc., Columbus, OH, for $226 million.

According to a new study by the market research institute Ceresana, worldwide demand for paints and varnishes accounted for almost 40 million tonnes in 2014. The report gives an analysis up to the year 2022.

According to the consulting firm Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney, the global consumption of coatings, adhesives, sealants and inks (CASI) was 54.1 million tons in 2014 worth $182.6 billion. 

I don’t want to sound alarmist, but I was deeply disturbed by the recent pronouncements from the IPCC. This learned international organisation concluded that the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has grown to levels not seen for 3 million years, and that about half of cumulative anthropogenic CO2 emissions between 1750 and 2010 have occurred in the last 40 years.

Research and Markets has added a new report to its offering, Analysis of the Egyptian Paints and Coatings Market.

The following is the rankings of the top global coatings manufacturers and The PCI Top 25 North American coatings manufacturers in 2012.