7 May 2008
PPG marine coatings first to be approved under IMO performance standard
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) protective and marine coatings (PMC) business recently announced that SigmaPrime 700 and SigmaPrime 700 LT coatings will be applied to a vessel being built in Korea for Chandris Hellas that will be the first built in full compliance with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) ballast tank coatings regulation titled Performance Standard for Protective Coatings (PSPC).
6 May 2008
PFG Fiber Glass starts third furnace in China
SHANGHAI, China, May 6, 2008 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) announced it started a third furnace May 2 at the PFG Fiber Glass (Kunshan) Co. Ltd. operation in Kunshan it jointly owns with Nan Ya Plastics Corp. (TAIEX: Nan Ya). The additional furnace, with 38,000 metric tons of annual capacity, will serve the expanding Asian electronics industries and achieve full production in the coming months.
6 May 2008
PPG wins 2008 Automotive News PACE Award
PPG, the world's leading manufacturer of transportation coatings, was named a 2008 Automotive News PACE Award winner for Green Logic paint detackifier.
6 May 2008
PPG’s first quarter sales increase 41 percent, setting all-time record
PPG Industries recently reported record sales for the first quarter of $3.7 billion, surpassing the prior year’s first quarter results by 41 percent. First quarter net income was $100 million, or 61 cents per share, comprising net income from continuing operations of $87 million, or 53 cents per share, and income from discontinued operations, net of tax, of $13 million, or 8 cents per share.
2 May 2008
PPG announces fiber glass price increases
PITTSBURGH – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) Fiber Glass business announced it is raising prices effective May 1.
30 Apr 2008
PPG earns 'Metal of Honor' award from Metal Roofing magazine
PITTSBURGH, April 30, 2008 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has recently been named a "Metal of Honor" winner by Metal Roofing magazine. According to the magazine, the company was selected by attendees of the 2007 METALCON trade show and readers as one of the metal roofing industry’s top companies in terms of quality of products, service, delivery and competitive pricing.
30 Apr 2008
PPG and Airbus donate China Daily subscriptions to students
Tianjin, April 30, 2008 - PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) and Airbus have donated one-year subscriptions of China Daily newspapers to 100 less privilleged students from Nankai University and Tianjin University.
28 Apr 2008
PPG holds Energy Security & Climate Change Conference
April 28 2008, Pittsburgh - PPG Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Chuck Bunch spoke bluntly about the challenges that energy and climate change issues are forcing on industries, businesses and individuals.
23 Apr 2008
PPG hosts customer day with color, environmental themes
SUZHOU, China, April 23, 2008 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) recently held a customer day event themed “Dream Your Color, Protect Our Earth” at its consumer products coatings technical center in Suzhou.
14 Apr 2008
PPG construction market team participates in 2008 Global Construction Summit
BEIJING, April 10, 2008 – PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG), a global leader in glass, coatings and paints technology, showcased its Construction Market Team (CMT) solutions at the 2008 Global Construction Summit in the Kerry Center today.
31 Mar 2008
PPG donates to help ‘Warm Children’s Winter’
BEIJING, March 31, 2008 – PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) employees in China have donated winter clothing for students in 20 schools in Nangqian County, Yushu, Qinghai Province, who were severely affected by the unusual winter storm this year. A thousand garments were collected to bring warmth to these children.
17 Mar 2008
PPG wins Chrysler LLC Supplier Pentastar Award for exterior systems
PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) announced recently that Chrysler LLC named it the top-performing supplier of exterior systems in the automaker’s 2007 Supplier Pentastar Awards. PPG, a leading supplier of coatings and glass products to Chrysler, was honored for performance based on Chrysler’s External Balance Scorecard – a fact-based system that rates suppliers on quality, technology, cost and delivery.
