PPG Recognizes Technology Contributions With Three Inductions Into ‘Collegium'
PITTSBURGH - PPG Industries Inc. announced that Coatings Scientist Kurt Olson and two other significant contributors to business and technology achievements have been elected to the PPG Collegium, the company's highest research and development honor. Elected were Kurt Olson, director of Automotive Spray Products; William J. Uhl, Corporate counsel for the company's Coatings segment; and Mehran Arbab, associate director of Flat Glass New Product Development. They were inducted by existing Collegium members in the group's biennial election.
The Collegium, founded in 1983, recognizes individuals who have demonstrated sustained contributions to the technical advancement of the company for 10 or more years. Olson, who works in PPG's coatings research facility in Allison Park, Pa., led the development of the company's CeramiClear automotive clearcoat, designed to provide a high level of scratch and mar resistance and billed as the first automotive clearcoat to employ nanoparticle technology. The product was recognized with a 2003 PACE Award for automotive-supplier innovation.