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Axalta Names Deep Ruby Red ‘Redefined’ as its Global Automotive Color of the Year

September 11, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Automechanika, Axalta Coating Systems, Refinish

AkzoNobel and Axalta Name Final Three Directors to Combined Company Board

September 2, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, AkzoNobel, Axalta Coating Systems, Board of Directors, People, Refinish

PPG Appoints Segment Leaders

August 24, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: People, PPG, Refinish

AkzoNobel and Axalta Shareholders Approve $25 Billion Merger of Equals

August 5, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, AkzoNobel, Axalta Coating Systems, Refinish

PPG Launches Quickline Waterborne Refinish System in U.S. and Canada

August 4, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

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 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: New Products, PPG, Refinish, Waterborne

PPG Reports Second Quarter Sales of $4.5 Billion

July 30, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

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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Axalta Reports Second Quarter Sales of $1.35 Billion as Refinish Grows 6%

July 29, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (NYSE: AXTA) reported second quarter net sales of $1.35 billion, up 3% year over year, and record adjusted earnings, as refinish net sales rose 6% and the coatings supplier secured more than 1,900 net new collision repair facilities in the first half of 2026. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, AkzoNobel, Axalta Coating Systems, Earnings, Refinish

AkzoNobel Rebuffs Nippon Paint Offers for Decorative Paints Business Ahead of Axalta Merger Votes

July 13, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Akzo Nobel N.V. (AMS: AKZA; OTCMKTS: AKZOY) confirmed July 13 it has received multiple conditional and non-binding proposals from Nippon Paint Holdings Co. to acquire its Decorative Paints business at an indicative enterprise valuation of €7.5 billion ($8.55 billion), saying its merger agreement with Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. bars the company from engaging with the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, AkzoNobel, Axalta Coating Systems, Nippon Paint, Refinish

BASF Coatings Completes Sale to Carlyle, Relaunches as Surventis

July 1, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

The automotive OEM, refinish and surface treatment business begins operating July 1 as a standalone company under Carlyle Group and Qatar Investment Authority ownership, with BASF retaining a 40% stake. The automotive coatings business formerly known as BASF Coatings began operating July 1 as an independent company under a new name, Surventis, a day after […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, BASF, Carlyle Group, People, Refinish, Surventis

BASF Coatings Names Executive Committee to Lead Standalone Company

June 26, 2026 By CollisionWeek Editor

Sale to Carlyle Group expected to close next week. BASF Coatings has named the seven-member executive committee that will run the automotive coatings business as an independent company beginning July 1, when its sale to Carlyle Group is expected to close. The committee will be led by incoming chief executive officer Jens Luehring. The appointments […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, BASF, Carlyle Group, People, Refinish

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