The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has formally launched its phase 1 merger inquiry into the proposed combination of Akzo Nobel N.V. and Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., setting a Nov. 11 deadline to decide whether to refer the roughly $25 billion all-stock deal for an in-depth phase 2 investigation. The CMA launched the inquiry […]
Robotic Painting Workshops Sell Out at Automechanika Frankfurt
Hands-on training sessions on AI-supported robotic painting ran fully booked at Automechanika Frankfurt 2026, which drew more than 112,000 trade visitors from 173 countries to the five-day aftermarket fair that closed Sept. 12. Glass repair workshops drew comparable demand, organizer Messe Frankfurt said. Automated refinish application has advanced through a run of vendor investments and […]
Axalta CTO Robert Roop Receives 2026 PCI Lifetime Achievement Award
Robert K. Roop, senior vice president and chief technology officer at Axalta Coating Systems, has received the 2026 Paint & Coatings Industry Lifetime Achievement Award, presented Sept. 16 at the Coatings Trends & Technologies Summit in Lombard, Ill. Roop leads a global organization of about 1,300 scientists, engineers and technical professionals across 21 product development […]
Surventis Introduces LightAssist Color Matching Visualization in Refinity
Surventis has added a visualization mode called LightAssist to the color module of Refinity, its cloud-based digital platform, aimed at the match decisions painters find hardest to make on screen: black and dark effect colors. The company announced the feature Sept. 9 and introduced it at Automechanika Frankfurt, which ran Sept. 8-12 in Frankfurt, Germany. […]
Axalta Names Deep Ruby Red ‘Redefined’ as its Global Automotive Color of the Year
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA) unveiled Redefined, a saturated ruby red, as its 2027 Global Automotive Color of the Year, introducing the finish Sept. 8 at Automechanika Frankfurt. Axalta said the finish catches and reflects light with a subtle sparkle, producing depth and dimension the company characterizes as jewel-like. It described the color as a […]
AkzoNobel and Axalta Name Final Three Directors to Combined Company Board
AkzoNobel and Axalta Coating Systems have named the last three directors of the board that will govern the company the two are merging to create, completing an 11-member slate more than three months before the transaction is expected to close. Stephan B. Tanda, Denise C. Johnson and Robert Schuchna have agreed to serve as non-executive […]
PPG Appoints Segment Leaders
Automotive Refinish Head Chancey Hagerty to Lead Performance Coatings PPG (NYSE: PPG) has appointed three senior executives to lead its global reportable business segments, giving global automotive refinish coatings head Chancey Hagerty responsibility for the entire Performance Coatings segment effective Sept. 1. Hagerty will continue to lead the global automotive refinish coatings business while taking […]
AkzoNobel and Axalta Shareholders Approve $25 Billion Merger of Equals
Shareholders of Akzo Nobel N.V. and Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. voted today to approve the companies’ roughly $25 billion all-stock merger of equals, clearing the last shareholder condition on a transaction that would create the world’s No. 2 coatings company. The combination would unite two of the largest suppliers of automotive refinish coatings to the […]
PPG Launches Quickline Waterborne Refinish System in U.S. and Canada
PPG Industries Inc. (NYSE: PPG) on Aug. 3 introduced the PPG Quickline waterborne refinish system, a portfolio of basecoats, undercoats, clearcoats, toners and ancillary products for collision repair facilities in the United States and Canada. PPG says the products are formulated to hold color and finish quality across a range of application environments. “Not all […]
PPG Reports Second Quarter Sales of $4.5 Billion
Automotive refinish coatings declined on strong prior year comparison but the company said U.S. distributor destocking is finished and refinish volumes projected to return to growth in the third quarter. PPG (NYSE: PPG) reported second quarter 2026 net sales of $4.5 billion, up 7% year over year, and said automotive refinish coatings organic sales fell […]
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