Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Phone:412/434.3131 Web Address: http://www.ppg.com
Estimated Sales:
$5.275 billion
Chairman and CEO: Charles E. Bunch PPG is a major global coatings company. It is the largest producer worldwide of transportation OEM and refinish coatings. It also has a global position in industrial and packaging coatings and is a major player in architectural coatings in the United States. Coatings represent 56% of corporate sales of $9.513 billion. Glass and chemicals make up the rest of the sales. Source: 2004 annual report and 10-K Notes: In 2004, PPG Industries and Kansai Paint concluded negotiations to launch an alliance for the sale of automotive coatings to global original equipment manufacturers. The joint venture is known as PPG Kansai Automotive Finishes (PKAF).