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Document details corrosion testing compared to competitive productsPITTSBURGH, July 28, 2010 – PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has published a white paper comparing corrosion testing of Clarvista™ glass to competitive shower glass products.

PILKINGTON is to restart one of its St Helens float lines in a move that will create up to 130 jobs. The decision, announced to Pilkington staff today, was attributed to strong demand in South America.

A pilot Automotive Leadership programme was held in the UK in June. This was very successful and the content has been refined since in order that programme can be rolled out globally and delivered regionally.

Employees were given an opportunity in June to meet and put questions to the new Group CEO Craig Naylor at a series of ‘town hall’ meetings in the UK, Japan, North America and Germany.

“Daylighting and Integrated Façade Design” and “Understanding U-Factors” are two new, educational presentations available through the American Institute of Architects’ Continuing Education System (AIA/CES).

Companies will cross-sell products through PPG/CFP members, CRL locationsPPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) and C.R.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 16, 2010 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace transparencies group has been awarded a contract by Bombardier Learjet* to design and manufacture heated glass windshields and side cockpit windows for the Learjet 85* aircraft.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 16, 2010 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace transparencies group has introduced enhanced-design windshields for the Airbus A320 Family that use new technology to improve field performance, reduce maintenance downtime, and…

PITTSBURGH, July 15, 2010 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today reported sales for the second quarter of $3.5 billion, an increase of 11 percent versus the prior year’s second quarter.

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio, July 8, 2010 – Responding to today’s fast-paced, changing marketplace – where consumers increasingly make purchasing decisions based on online recommendations – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) MVP Business Solutions group has…

PITTSBURGH, July 7, 2010 – PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has presented eight Excellent Supplier Awards for superior performance in 2009.

Pilkington has built on the success of the manufacture and sales of Pilkington Cervoglass™ conservatory roof IGUs at Pilkington Aintree by opening an additional manufacturing facility in the South of England employing 34 people.

Considered the most expensive building of its kind, the $437 million Los Angeles Police Administration Building also is among the greenest, thanks in part to Wausau Window and Wall Systems.

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio, July 1, 2010 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) automotive refinish business today announced a restructuring of its North American sales and marketing organization, with a number of key leadership changes.

Pilkington was once a national treasure. From its St Helens base in England's northwest, it was a pioneer of the wor ld of glassmaking.  Now, that same cradle of innovation is an operational outpost of a disparate Japanese empire.

Malaysian Sheet Glass (MSG) has won the Product Innovation Award for Building Finishes, one of the annual Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Green Excellence Awards.

Wausau Window and Wall Systems named Cyndy Workman-Snow as its architectural sales representative in New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.

PALO ALTO, Calif., Jun 23, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Southwall Technologies Inc., (OTCBB:SWTX), the worldwide innovator of high performance, energy-saving films and glass products, has been awarded a $1.43 million stimulus grant from the US Department…

New heat-trapping glass designed for northern climatesPPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) performance glazings business has introduced Sungate 400 glass, a passive low-emissivity glass with a magnetron sputtered vacuum deposition (MSVD) “soft coat” that…

Nearly all of Wausau Window and Wall Systems‘ standard window products are listed in the National Fenestration Ratings Council (NFRC) Certified Products Directory.

PITTSBURGH, June 22, 2010 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has reported major advances in solar mirror development for concentrated solar power (CSP) applications, including improvements in solar mirror reflectance performance of up to 1 percent after…

Science and beauty don’t often intersect, but when they do, the results can be stunning, or joyous, or artful: all of which have been used to describe the recently opened Auraria Science Building.

Shows coating on clear, ultra-clear glassesPPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has introduced a sample kit for Clarvista™ glass for shower doors and bath and shower enclosures.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 17, 2010 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace transparencies group has been awarded a five-year, $50.1 million contract by the Defense Logistics Agency’s Defense Supply Center in Richmond, Va., to supply windshields for UH-…