PPG's $1.05 billion acquisition Friday of AkzoNobel's North American architectural coatings business is the latest large-scale corporate transaction affecting the wood products manufacturing industry.

The Sherwin-Williams Company announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V., a leader in the paint and coatings market in Mexico with headquarters in Mexico City.

Fortune Brands Home & Security (FBHS), the industry-leading home and security products unit of Fortune Brands, Inc. (NYSE: FO), today announced John G. Morikis has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors, effective December 1, 2011.