PPG Industries
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| Type | Public |
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| Traded as | NYSE: PPG S&P 500 Component |
| Industry | Glass Chemicals |
| Founded | 1883 |
| Founder(s) | John Baptiste Ford John Pitcairn, Jr. |
| Headquarters | Pittsburgh, PA, U.S. |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Charles E. Bunch (Chairman) & (CEO) |
| Products | Fiberglass Paints Plate glass Aerospace coatings Architectural coating Chemicals Industrial coatings |
| Services | Manufacturing |
| Revenue |  US$ 15.2 billion (2012) |
| Operating income | US$ 769 million (2010) |
| Net income | US$ 1,095 million (2011) |
| Total assets | US$ 14.240 billion (2009) |
| Total equity | US$ 3.753 billion (2009) |
| Employees | 38,300 (2010) |
| Website | www.ppg.com |
PPG Industries is an American global supplier of paints, coatings, optical products, specialty materials, chemicals, glass, and fiber glass. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PPG operates in more than 70 countries around the globe. Sales in 2012 were $15.2 billion. It is headquartered in PPG Place, a popular office and retail complex in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is known for its glass facade designed by Philip Johnson. Founded in 1883 by Captain John Baptiste Ford and John Pitcairn, Jr., as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company at Creighton, Pennsylvania; the company changed its name to PPG Industries, Inc., on 19 December 1968 to show its diverse offerings. Ditzler Color Company, established in 1902 in Detroit as an automotive color concern, was purchased by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (now PPG) in 1928. On 2 January 2008, PPG acquired the SigmaKalon Group of companies from private investment firm Bain Capital, strongly increasing its paint and specialty coatings business.[1] On April 1, 2013 PPG completed the acquisition of AkzoNobel North American architectural coatings business including Glidden, Liquid Nails, and Flood brands. [2]
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Environmental record[edit]
PPG Industries will soon begin creating wetlands along the Calcasieu River as the final phase of a project to remediate and reroute the water discharge canal at its Lake Charles facility. The initiative, which began more than a year ago, reroutes the plant’s water discharge point from Bayou d’Inde to the Calcasieu River and creates 20 acres (81,000 m2) of wetlands adjacent to the Interstate 210 bridge.[3]
Lime Lake Reclamation Project of PPG Industries in Barberton, Ohio, received special awards in the National Beneficial Use of Biosolids Program from Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) region 5 in 1998. However, later in 2006, the same facility was accused by EPA of clean-air violations. According to the agency’s report PPG failed to comply with a 1 pound per hour permitted emission limit on volatile organic compounds. The tests done in January and February of the same year showed VOC emissions as high as 8.8 pounds per hour.[4]
In November 2010, PPG agreed to remove 700,000 tons of toxic waste from Canal Crossing, a brownfield site in Jersey City, New Jersey where the company operated a chromium processing plant between 1954 and 1963.[5][6][7][8] Stringent standards were agreed to in a federal court settlement.[9]
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References[edit]
- ^ "PPG completes acquisition of SigmaKalon Group", January 2, 2008
- ^ "PPG completes acquisition of AkzoNobel North American architectural coatings business" April 1, 2012
- ^ http://corporateportal.ppg.com/na/corp/ehs
- ^ William Omohundro (2006). "EPA cites PPG Industries for clean-air violations". EPA. Retrieved April 28, 2008.
- ^ McDonald, Terrence T. (Sunday, March 06, 2011). "More than 50,000 tons of soil removed from chromium site in Jersey City". The Jersey Journal
- ^ Frohling, John B. (April 15, 2009). "Morris Canal Associates/Proposed Settlement Agreement Between PPG and the City of Jersey City". www.state.nj.us/Frohling Assoc, LLC.
- ^ Murray, Brian T. (June 12, 2009). "N.J. delays decision on setting stricter limits on carcinogen chromium". The Star-Ledger
- ^ Arrue, Karina L. (October 21, 2010). "Jersey City is only New Jersey recipient of $2.3 million in federal grant money to fund planning for 7,000-unit development on 111-acre wasteland currently being cleaned of toxins". Jersey Journal. Retrieved 2011-04-03
- ^ Navarro, Miyera (April 5, 2011). "Better Cleanup Planned at Former Chrome Plant". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-04-06
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Industrial Coatings Unit: PPG TrueFinish
- PPG Japan
- Pittsburgh Paints
- Porter Paints
- Olympic Paints and Stains
- PPG Automotive Refinish
- Stock Price
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