{"id":783659,"date":"2026-07-25T12:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T12:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/783659\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T12:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T12:05:09","slug":"weekly-recap-akzonobel-rpm-top-this-weeks-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/783659\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Recap: AkzoNobel & RPM Top This Week\u2019s Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is Coatings World\u2019s weekly recap of the most-viewed news stories on our site for the week ending July 25, 2026.<\/p>\n

AkzoNobel and Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. announced enhancements to the proposed governance arrangements for the combined company following completion of their pending merger of equals. RPM International Inc. has appointed David C. Dennsteadt president and chief operating officer for RPM. Next, Burgess Pigment Co. has completed the previously announced acquisition of Thiele Kaolin Company. International, AkzoNobel\u2019s marine coatings brand, announced that Lloyd\u2019s Register (LR) has verified its vessel performance analysis methodology as compliant with ISO 19030. Lastly, the Board of Directors of PPG approved a 3-cents-per-share increase in the company\u2019s dividend, declaring a regular quarterly dividend of 74 cents per share, payable Sept. 11 to shareholders of record Aug. 10.<\/p>\n

Here are our top five most-viewed stories from the past week:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0AkzoNobel and Axalta Enhance Governance Arrangements Following Shareholder Dialogue<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0RPM Names David Dennsteadt President & COO<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Burgess Pigment Completes Acquisition of Thiele Kaolin Company<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Lloyd\u2019s Register Verifies International Marine Coatings Vessel Performance Analysis Under ISO 19030<\/a><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0PPG Board of Directors Approves Dividend Increase to 74 Cents Per Share<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks for reading our Breaking News. We\u2019ll have a new list for you next Saturday.<\/p>\n

Have a great week!<\/p>\n

Rachel Klemovitch<\/p>\n

Assistant Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here is Coatings World\u2019s weekly recap of the most-viewed news stories on our site for the week ending…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-783659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}