After reading that article, it seems to me that Akzo and PPG are so big they have to charge these outrageously high prices in an attempt to maintain profitability, and when profits fall anyway, they try to grow bigger to increase profitability-----I guess I just don't get it.They are trying to buy it all for $22 billion:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ppgs-22-billion-bid-for-akzo-nobel-rebuffed-2017-03-09
Don