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Reporting on the decorative and art coatings industry — company moves, colour and material trends, standards and regulation. Every item names its original source.
Nippon Paint expands anti-viral and heat-shielding coatings in Asia
Functional coatings are being extended across the group's Asian markets — a category where the marketing has run well ahead of the evidence.
Kansai Paint introduces a lime-plaster interior wall paint
ALES SHIQUY brings a lime-plaster effect into a mainstream paint range — the direction the decorative market has been moving for several years.
Asian Paints reports decorative volume growth in Q3 FY26
The Indian group's investor relations material reports decorative volume growth of 7.9 per cent and a 200 basis point improvement in gross margin.
Jotun names “Soulful Spaces” its 2026 global colour trend
The Norwegian group's 2026 palette centres on Soulful Spaces, with Lady Nordic Breeze named among the lead colours.
PPG presents low-temperature cure coating technology in Asia
The group has shown a coating that cures at lower temperatures — a claim whose value depends entirely on what the energy saving actually is.
PPG names “Secret Safari” its 2026 global colour trend
The US coatings group's 2026 trend programme is built around a warm neutral called Secret Safari, framed as "Parallel Perspectives".
Sherwin-Williams completes acquisition of BASF’s Suvinil in Brazil
The US group has closed its $1.15bn purchase of the Brazilian decorative paints brand, adding a leading position in South America's largest coatings market.
AkzoNobel and Axalta announce $25bn merger
The two coatings groups say a merger would deliver about $600m of synergies, in what would be the largest consolidation the sector has seen in years.
EU-backed project develops bio-based functional coatings
PERFECOAT, an EU-funded research project, is developing high-performance bio-based coatings for wood and decorative applications.
EU Ecolabel criteria for paints and varnishes revised to 2032
The European Commission has revised the EU Ecolabel criteria for paints and varnishes, with the new criteria set to run until 2032.
European standard on rendering and plastering listed with 2026 date
DIN EN 13914-2, the standard covering design, preparation and application of external rendering and internal plastering, appears with a June 2026 date.
Texture paint market report gives year-on-year growth to 2033
A texture paint study publishes year-on-year growth rates to 2033 — the granularity that makes a forecast easier to test and easier to misuse.