Article: PCI 25 reflects industry consolidation.(Company overview)

This issue of PCI features the 17th annual listing of the top coatings manufacturers in the world. With the constraints of a more compact magazine and the continued consolidation of the coatings industry, the editors decided this would be the year to cut the list down to the Top-10 global leaders and the Top-25 North American companies. We ranked both groups of companies according to their worldwide 2008 global coatings sales figures. All ranking numbers in red indicate a tie for that placement. The PCI 25 appears in more detail on our website, www.pcimag.com.

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