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PPG Industries has appointed Robert Krystyniak as manager, strategic alliances, for the company’s Construction Market Team.
PPG Industries Inc. is actively seeking buyers or joint venture partners for its underperforming glass and chemicals businesses and will downsize those units if they aren't sold, company Chairman Charles Bunch said.
North East glassmakers are heading out to the United Arab Emirates as they look to break into the Gulf’s lucrative glass market.
PPG Industries Inc. wants to sell off the business that started it all: a glass plant in East Deer Township that opened in 1883.
Houston-based Champion Coatings manufactures high-performance coatings for the rail, marine and overland industries, with a staff of 35.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today reported record sales for the first quarter – or any quarter in the company’s history – of $2.9 billion, surpassing first quarter 2006 record sales by 11 percent.
City of Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravehstahl held a press conference this morning to herald Pittsburgh’s leadership in the nation’s burgeoning “green” building movement.
PPG Industries will release its first quarter 2007 earnings before the New York Stock Exchange opens Thursday, April 19.
China and the United Kingdom are the top international markets for U.S. architecture firms, according to a recent market research survey of 629 U.S. architects commissioned by PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG).
PPG Industries' automotive refinish business is launching the MVP Webinar Series, an educational program of online seminars for owners and managers of collision repair shops and their PBE distributors.
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PPG Industries announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Sinoma Science & Technology Co., Ltd., of Nanjing for the marketing and sale of their HS2 and HS4 high-strength, high-modulus fibers in the Americas and Europe.
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PPG Industries is evaluating the future of its plants, including its automotive glass manufacturing facility in Tipton.
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Deutsche Bank upgrades PPG Industries from Hold to Buy and raises their price target to $80. The firm said, "Options on a divestiture of chlor-alkali are more possible today, having been accelerated by PPG's desire to be in a position to…
2006 was a year notable for continued improvements in Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) in PPG, some of which are visible in our EHS performance metrics.
The first flat glass plant to come to Yemen is expected to open by 2008, said Naji Daen, the Yemeni businessman who had the idea to open the plant.
Msn reportedt that America Sec reiterates Buy. Target $70 to $76. Banc of America raises their PPG tgt to $76 from $70 to reflect new reporting segments.
Michael L. Rupert, director, performance glazings technical services and product development, PPG Industries, has won the Shades of Green Leadership Award from the Green Building Alliance in Pittsburgh.
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The Chinese glass industry is significantly affected by soaring oil prices. To melt the raw materials for glass production, heavy fuel oil is used in the burners of the melting furnace.