PPG Industries announced its transition of residential insulting glass production to its IG Service Center in Carlisle, Pa., by installing the first Automated Tri-Lite Assembly System (ATLAS) production line for insulating glass (IG) in the ...
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PPG Industries has appointed Eric K. Thiele, PPG assistant treasurer and credit director, as treasurer and a company officer. He will report to David B. Navikas, PPG senior vice president, finance and chief financial officer, and he will ...
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PPG Industries’ senior vice president, finance and chief financial officer David B. Navikas will participate in the 2012 Citi Basic Materials Symposium in New York City on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 9:30 a.m. ET. Navikas will discuss ...
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As part of an ongoing community outreach program, PPG Automotive Refinish business development manager Steve Topczewski and elite painters Jeremy Seanor and Jason Lutton recently went to Hudson Middle School, Hudson, Ohio and spent the day ...
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Sydney-based Pro-Pac, a subsidiary of PPG has announced the acquisition of business and assets of Australian Pharmaceutical Containers (APC), for an undisclosed amount. Pro-Pac chief executive officer Brandon Penn said the purchase will ...
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Robust vehicle sales are providing a boost to Pittsburgh Glass Works, which is adding 50 to 60 employees at its plant in Creighton, East Deer. The facility fabricates glass used mainly for automobile windshields. About 225 employees ...
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The first commercial production of paint in Australia dates back to the 1850s.Over the past century,the Paint and Coatings Manufacturing industry in Australia recorded strong growth in line with Australia's industrial development,before ...
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The paints and coating industry involves companies that produce paints,varnishes,lacquers,shellacs and stains.It is clearly divided into the two subsectors-architectural and industrial.Despite the sluggish economic climate,the global paints ...
NATRIUM-By early 2013,the$2.1 billion merger of the PPG Industries Natrium plant-along with other portions of the Pittsburgh-based company's chemical business-and Atlanta-based Georgia Gulf will be complete. "Going forward,we believe ...
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Consolidated Glass Holdings Inc. (CGH), an affiliate company of Grey Mountain Partners (GMP), has announced its recent asset acquisition of Solar Seal of South Easton, Mass., also referred to as Shaw Glass Co. As a Guardian Select ...
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PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business will display its complete line of fastener coatings for the automotive and construction industries at the 2012 Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association (STAFDA) trade show, ...
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PPG has partnered with the National Hot Rod Association's (NHRA) John Force Racing team. For its funny cars and high-powered dragsters, John Force Racing made the choice of using PPG's Envirobase High Performance line of waterborne ...
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PPG Industries has announced John V. Faraci as its newest board member and member of the board's audit committee and nominating and governance committee.. Faraci has been the chairman and CEO of International Paper Co. since November 2003. ...
Downtown-based PPG Industries is sitting on about $2 billion in cash as it goes into the fourth quarter, which is usually a cash-generating quarter, said Chairman and CEO Charles Bunch, and how the coatings and specialty materials company ...
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PPG Industries' automotive refinish business is putting an upbeat stamp on Booth 24501 at this year's SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Oct. 30-Nov. 2. The country-and-western-style ...
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