PPG Industries reported fourth quarter 2014 net sales from continuing operations of $3.71 billion, up $207 million, or 6 percent, versus the prior-year figure of $3.5 billion. Net sales in local currencies grew 10 percent year-over-year, ...
Tags: portfolio management, earnings-accretive cash deployment, Construction
PPG Industries has announced that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with the Axson Group to acquire Revocoat, a global supplier of sealants, adhesives and damper products for the automotive industry. PPG expects the transaction ...
Axalta Coating Systems launched Axalta Automotive Color of the Year 2015 at the SEMA automotive aftermarket trade show at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Axalta’s 2015 color of the year, Radiant Red, debuted on the No. 24 Axalta ...
Tags: Automotive Color, Red Coating
Axalta Coating Systems, a leading manufacturer of liquid and powder coatings, launched Axalta Automotive Color of the Year 2015 at the SEMA automotive aftermarket trade show at the Las Vegas Convention Center yesterday. Axalta's 2015 ...
Tags: Radiant Red, Axalta Coating Systems, Auto
PPG Industries reported third quarter 2014 net sales from continuing operations of $3.94 billion, up $161 million, or 4 percent, versus the prior year. Third quarter 2014 reported net income from continuing operations was $377 million, or ...
Tags: PPG, Construction Coating
Axalta Coating Systems broke ground in Wuppertal, Germany, on construction to expand its capacity to produce waterborne coatings. The new facility will increase the footprint of what is already the largest of the company’s 35 ...
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· Second quarter net sales of $4.1 billion, up 5 percent versus prior year · All-time quarterly record adjusted earnings per diluted share from continuing operations of $2.83, up 24 percent year-over-year ...
Tags: PPG, Net Sales, Construction
Loughborough-based power technology company Intelligent Energy Holdings has signed a multi-million pound agreement with a Japanese volume automotive Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to expand its reach further into Japan's fuel cell ...
Tags: Fuel Cell Engine, Engine
American paints and coatings supplier PPG Industries has announced its plans to invest about $40m in its coatings manufacturing facility in Sumare, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The expansion project will add a 65,000-square-foot plant for on-site ...
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Axalta Coating Systems will begin the next phase of construction to significantly expand its waterborne production capacity at the company's operations in Guarulhos, Brazil. The 2014 construction represents the third year of a $32 million ...
Tags: Coating, waterborne coatings, automotive paint, VOC Regulation
AK Steel announced Tuesday that the United States District Court for the District of Delaware again confirmed that the company's ULTRALUME? advanced high-strength steel product does not infringe upon an ArcelorMittal patent.? The Court ...
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PPG Industries reported third quarter 2013 net sales of $4 billion, up 17 percent versus the prior year. Third quarter 2013 reported net income from continuing operations was $220 million, or $1.52 per diluted share, and adjusted net ...
Tags: PPG, Construction, Decoration
American private equity firm Crestview Partners and Chinese CITIC Capital have purchased Canadian automotive equipment company Stackpole International from Sterling Group and Current Capital. Stackpole is an automotive original equipment ...
Tags: Automotive Equipment, Crestview
PPG Industries has announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility for the production of heavy-duty equipment coatings in Tianjin, China. The Tianjin site also has installed equipment to help reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) ...
HARMAN overtook Panasonic in 2012 to become the number-one supplier of automotive audio and video systems worldwide. HARMAN revenue growth was up 12.5 percent in 2012 when compared to 2011. The Strategy Analytics Automotive Multimedia and ...