Coatings World covered a wide variety of stories online throughout 2021, from online exclusives and features to breaking news, slideshows, videos and more.

These 10 online exclusives drew the highest readership totals during 2021:

1. Raw Material Availability, Prices Hikes May Be 2021’s Biggest Issue for Coatings, Ink Sectors

2.  Raw Material Price Increases Pile Pressure on Paint Manufacturers

3. Clark+Kensington 2021 Color Trends Inspired by Nature

4. Acquisitions Bring ‘Incremental Benefits’ to PPG

5. What Are Automotive OEM Customers Looking for in Terms of Performance?

6. Q&A: AkzoNobel’s Christopher Birkert

7. Hempel CEO Lars Petersson Discusses Farrow & Ball Acquisition

8. Q&A: PPG’s Amy Ericson

9. Six Flags is Ready to Ride with PPG

10. Protective Coatings Leader Hempel Brings Expertise to the Wind Industry


The 10 top breaking news items from 2021:

1. Sherwin-Williams Announces 2022 Color of the Year

2. PPG Acquiring Global Coatings Manufacturer Wörwag

3. BASF Increases Prices for Additives for Paint and Coatings Industry Globally

4. Axalta Announces Global Price Increases

5.  Sika to Divest European Industrial Coatings Business to Sherwin-Williams

6. BASF Begins Implementing Realignment of Global Business Services Unit

7. HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Announces 2022 Color Collection of the Year

8. Hempel Announces Global Price Increase

9. AkzoNobel Share Buyback

10. Clariant Increases Prices for Pigments & Pigment Preparations for Quinacridones


The top four features from 2021 are:

1. Top Companies Report

2. The Industrial Coatings Market

3. Automotive OEM Coatings

4. Coatings World Interviews Axalta CEO Robert Bryant


Here are the top three slideshows from 2021:

1. Scenes from the Eastern Coatings Show (Part 1)

2. The 35th Biennial Western Coatings Symposium and Show

3. HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Announces Its 2022 Color Collection of the Year


The top two videos from 2021:

1. Top Ten Paint and Coatings Companies

2.  Inkmaker Group rebrands as IM GROUP