PPG to commemorate 50th anniversary of SOLARBAN glass

Pei and other architectural leaders.

The website and expositions will celebrate the prominence of Solarban glass on many of the country’s most iconic skylines and in work by the industry’s most respected architectural firms. Advances in environmental glass technology associated with PPG and Solarban glass from the 1930s through today also will be featured.

When it was introduced 50 years ago, Solarban glass presaged the contemporary sustainable building movement by being one of the first coated glasses to reflect heat away from buildings, improving occupant comfort and reducing utility expenses related to HVAC (heating, ventilation and airconditioning) systems. Since that time, the Solarban family of products has been continually expanded and refined to meet the aesthetic and energy efficiency demands of architects and building owners.

Over the past half-century, developments associated with Solarban glass have ushered in significant advances in architectural glass performance. In 1983, 19 years after launching heat-reflective Solarban glass, PPG debuted its first low-e glasses made with the magnetron-sputtered vacuum deposition (MSVD) coating process. That coating technology, which continues to serve as the platform for the highest-performing low-e coated glasses available today, enabled the development of Solarban 60 glass, introduced by PPG in 1989, and the creation of Solarban 70XL glass, the world’s first triple-silver-coated, solar control, low-e glass, introduced by PPG in 2005.

For more about the 50th anniversary of Solarban glass, visit www.SolarbanGlassLegacy.com.

PPG: BRINGING INNOVATION TO THE SURFACE.(TM)

PPG Industries' vision is to continue to be the world’s leading coatings and specialty materials company. Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. Founded in 1883, PPG has global headquarters in Pittsburgh and operates in nearly 70 countries around the world. Net sales in 2013 were $15.1 billion.

PPG shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: PPG). For more information, visit www.ppg.com and follow @PPGIndustries on Twitter.

Bringing innovation to the surface is a trademark and Solarban is a registered trademark of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.

PPG to commemorate 50th anniversary of SOLARBAN glass

Early coated energy-efficient glass brand still contributes to today’s sustainable building

Colonnade Plaza, then known as the Mutual of Omaha Regional Office Building, 1965, Minoru Yamasaki, Miami

Post Oak Central, 1976, Philip Johnson, Houston

JPMorgan Chase Tower, 1981, I.M. Pei, Houston

1999 Broadway (Holy Ghost), 1985, Fentress Architects, Denver

U.S. Bank Plaza, 1981, SOM, Minneapolis

PPG Place, 1984, Philip Johnson, Pittsburgh

KPMG Tower, 1983, SOM, Los Angeles

PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) is commemorating the 50th anniversary of SOLARBAN(R) glass by hosting a retrospective of modern and historic buildings constructed with Solarban products, including those pictured above, both online at www.SolarbanGlassLegacy.com and at major industry trade shows through the end of 2014. Highlights include buildings designed by Philip Johnson, SOM, Fentress, I.M. Pei and other architectural leaders.

The Solarban glass product line was launched in 1964 under a name that continues to serve as the flagship brand for one of the most advanced lines of solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glasses. Today, the Solarban brand encompasses a broad range of high-performance solar control, low-e glasses – including many formulated with PPG’s proprietary triple-silver coating technology – that help architects design and construct more sustainable buildings through their ability to transmit daylight, block solar heat, and thereby reduce heating, cooling and lighting demands.

Contact:

Robert J. Struble

PPG Flat Glass

rstruble@ppg.com

412-820-8138

www.ppgideascapes.com

Solarban is a registered trademark of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.

PPG: BRINGING INNOVATION TO THE SURFACE.(TM)

PPG Industries' vision is to continue to be the world’s leading coatings and specialty materials company. Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. Founded in 1883, PPG has global headquarters in Pittsburgh and operates in nearly 70 countries around the world. Net sales in 2013 were $15.1 billion. PPG shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: PPG). For more information, visit www.ppg.com and follow @PPGIndustries on Twitter.