The Sherwin-Williams Company engages in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of paints, coatings, and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers primarily in North and South America. It operates in three segments: Paint Stores, Consumer, and Global. The Paint Stores segment engages in the sale of paint, coatings, and related products to end-use customers. This segment markets and sells Sherwin-Williams branded architectural paints and coatings, industrial a ...

PPG Industries is a leader in its markets; is a streamlined, efficient manufacturer; and operates on the leading edge of new technologies and solutions. It is our vision to become the world’s leading coatings and specialty products and services company, serving customers in construction, consumer products, industrial and transportation markets and aftermarkets. PPG has 125 manufacturing facilities and equity affiliates in more than 20 countries around the globe.

Praxair, Inc. engages in the production, sale, and distribution of industrial gases worldwide. Its primary products include atmospheric gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; and process gases, such as carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene. The company designs, engineers, and builds equipment that produces industrial gases. It also supplies surface coatings, including wear-resistant and high-temperature corrosion-resistant metallic an ...

RPM International Inc. is a multinational holding company with subsidiaries that manufacture and market high-performance coatings, sealants and specialty chemicals, primarily for maintenance and improvement. Fiscal 2007 sales were $3.3 billion, with 63 percent to industry worldwide and the remaining 37 percent to consumers mainly in North America.

Shares of the company's common stock are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RPM and are owned by some 300 institutional invest ...