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PPG Industries

(PPG) is in the Manufacturing Industry

Market Cap:$9.9B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$15.8B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Pittsburgh-based PPG is a global supplier of paints, coatings, chemicals, optical products, specialty materials, glass and fiber glass. The company has more than 150 manufacturing facilities and equity affiliates and operates in more than 60 countries. PPG shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: PPG).

Number of Employees 44,900

Contact Information

One PPG Place

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15272

www.ppg.com

(412) 434-3131

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Paint and Coating Manufacturing: 325510

Company News

Recent Events

PPG launches COLORMOBILE for â€˜on-the-roadâ€™ online access to color formulas

11/23/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Reportlinker Adds Automotive Glass - A Global Market Perspective

11/18/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
PPG launches AQUACRON water-based coatings for light industrial applications

11/17/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
PPG Receives Wind-Development Grant

11/13/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
AnalystChoice.com Initiates Research on OSK, PPG, PCP, ODP, RRI and MCD

11/05/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Gulf States Toyota goes â€˜greenâ€™ with PPG paint

11/03/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
PPG Industries Appoints Patrick Kenny As VP, Corporate Marketing - Quick Facts

10/21/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story
PPG Names Beuke Vice President, Silica Products - Quick Facts

10/21/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story
4 Dividend Increases in the News

10/20/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story
The Goldman Sachs Net Rises; Nokia Net Loss

10/20/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
PPG releases advisory on cyanuric acid in recreational water facilities â€" Information, action steps related...

10/14/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
PPG launches CRRC, ENERGY STAR color registration initiative â€" Program enables metal roof manufacturers to...

10/14/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
PPG introduces SOLARBLUE and PACIFICA glasses for immediate delivery â€" New blue tints create numerous...

10/14/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
PPG introduces two glasses for residential windows â€" Products help achieve â€˜30/30,â€™ Canadian ENERGY STAR...

10/14/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Seeton named director of sales, PPG Performance Glazings â€" Davis appointed sales manager

10/14/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Director - View Story

News & Analysis

ppg industries and u.s. environmental protection agency - All News and Analysis

Performance Track: an environmental business strategy; the EPA's voluntary Performance Track program offers benefits to companies that strive for high environmental performance. (Special Section: Glass Forming & Processing).

- 2002-10-01

PPG Industries, a global supplier of glass, coatings, fiberglass and chemicals, is serious about its commitment to continuous environmental improvement. Between 1996 and 2000, PPG's automotive flat glass plant in Meadville, Pa., reduced its volume of PPG Industries, a global supplier of glass, coatings, fiberglass ...

Tags: benefit, business strategy, performance, PPG Industries, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
PPG Automotive Flat Glass Plant Recognized for Environmental Leadership By EPA

- 2002-04-05

Business Editors MEADVILLE, Pa.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 5, 2002 PPG Industries' (NYSE:PPG) automotive flat glass plant here has been named member of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's EPA program designed to reward facilities whose performance extends beyond compliance with environmental laws. Membership in EPA's National Environmental Performance Track NEPT...

Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Leadership, PPG Industries, SOFTWARE, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
PPG Recognized by the EPA.(Environmental Protection Agency, PPG Industries Inc.)(Brief Article)

- 2001-09-01

PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, PA, was awarded the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge award by the U.S. Evironmental Protection Agency for the lead-free technology used in the POWERCRON 8000 electrodeposition coatings. PPG earned the award in the Designing Safer Chemicals category for its discovery of replacing lead with...

Tags: Pittsburgh, PPG Industries, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ADVISORY/PPG Industries to Receive National Environmental Award

- 2001-06-25

Pittsburgh-Area Media ADVISORY...for June 25 Monday --BUSINESS WIRE The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will recognize PPG Industries with a Green Chemistry Challenge Award for its breakthrough discovery in lead-free anti-corrosion coatings for the automotive industry. EPA's awards -- five will be presented Monday evening at the...

Tags: Editor, Manufacturing, PPG Industries, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Louisiana's Calcasieu Estuary Faces Superfund Investigation.(Brief Article)

- 2000-03-20

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Agency's Superfund Office continues to study 33 miles of the Calcasieu Estuary system around Lake Charles, La., a large part of which could be designated as a Superfund site. A public meeting is scheduled in that city next ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Agency's...

Tags: ConocoPhillips Co., PPG Industries, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

-OHIO EPA: PPG Industries recognized in first award for superior pollution prevention

- 1998-06-12

M2 PRESSWIRE-12 June 1998-OHIO EPA: PPG Industries recognized in first award for superior pollution prevention C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:110698 Lt. Governor Nancy P. Hollister and Ohio EPA Director Donald R. Schregardus were in Chillicothe today to present the first "Director's Award for Superior Pollution Prevention...

Tags: Ohio, pollution, PPG Industries, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency