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| PPG Industries announced today that Frank A. Archinaco, executive vice president, will retire July 1 and Charles E. (Chuck) Bunch, executive vice president, has been elected president and chief operating officer, effective the same day. "…
| Chemical and glass producer PPG Industries Inc. said it would appeal an award to privately held Marvin Windows and Doors by a federal jury here on Thursday.
| A jury awarded Marvin Windows and Doors $135.8 million from PPG Industries on its claim that a PPG wood preservative failed to prevent wood rot as promised.The decision was handed down Thursday in U.S.
| Glassmaker Pilkington plc (Saint Helens, United Kingdom) has closed one of its 11 U.S. glass plants. The closing, first announced in June of 1999, was originally scheduled for 2000 and then 2001, but was delayed due to market conditions.
| At last! A household chore our rainy Northwest days are good for, and would you believe it's washing windows — outdoors, no less? Indeed the newest window innovation, which makes its Seattle Home Show debut Saturday, is self-cleaning glass that…
| Lehman Brothers said on Monday that it raised its investment ratings on PPG Industries Inc., a maker of coatings, flat glass and specialty chemicals, to "buy" from "market perform" on expectations of a recovery in the industrial…
| Douglas B. Atkinson has been named vice president, investor relations, for PPG Industries. Atkinson joined PPG in 1964 at the Barberton, Ohio, chemicals plant, where he held engineering and operations assignments.
| Pittsburgh Paints, a brand of PPG Architectural Finishes (PPGAF), has launched a new line of premium interior paints, called Pure Performance paint.
| Susan M. Kreh has been elected treasurer of PPG Industries. Kreh began her PPG career in 1985 at the former Torrance, Calif., coatings plant as a member of the company's financial management development program.
| Demand for flat glass in the United States is forecast to rise three percent per year to almost seven billion square feet in 2005, valued at $9.1 billion.
| PPG Industries reported today fourth-quarter net income was $83 million, or 49 cents a share, on sales of $1.91 billion.
| Polycom, a worldwide leader in the convergence of interactive voice, video and data communications, announced that Owens-Illinois , the leading manufacturer of glass and plastics packaging products, with more than 140 locations around the world, is…
| PPG, a glass, paint and chemicals company, reported a 34 percent drop in fourth quarter profits Thursday due to sluggish glass and coating sales.
| Glass-container maker Owens-Illinois Inc. said it will appeal the denial of its motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Murray Capital Management Inc., claiming the suit is without merit.
| An Ohio court upheld a $1.6 million asbestos-related verdict awarded to a steelworker who worked with products made by a unit of PPG Industries, the law firm representing the plaintiff said on Thursday.
| Owens-Illinois, Inc.today announced that it intends to appeal the denial of its motion to dismiss by the Supreme Court of the State of New York in the matter of Murray Capital Management, Inc. vs.
| While dark glass on today's vehicles provides passenger privacy and symbolizes status, tomorrow's automotive designers see glass tops, spanning from the windshield across the roof to the back window, on luxury vehicles so that occupants…
| Shares in Dow Chemical Co., the No. 2 U.S. chemical company, dropped nearly 14 percent in afternoon trading on Thursday on investor fears concerning the company's asbestos liabilities.
| Owens-Illinois Inc. unit, Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. is expected to tap the corporate bond market with a $300 million debt issue, market sources said.
| PPG Industries will present the second annual PPG Design Challenge Awards to students of Detroit's College for Creative Studies (CCS) on Wednesday, Jan. 9, at 2 p.m. at Cobo Center, Detroit, in Suite O2-33.