PPG Captures Award For Development Of Powder Clearcoat
PPG Industries has won a PACE Award.
PITTSBURGH — PPG Industries Inc. has won a PACE Award, sponsored by Automotive News magazine and Ernst & Young LLP, for the development of a commercially successful powder automotive clearcoat. PPG said it is the first coatings manufacturer to capture a PACE award since the program was launched in 1995.
The award recognizes automotive-supplier excellence in process and product innovation and management. The company said more than 300,000 BMW 5- and 7-series autos have been finished with the “Enviracryl” powder clearcoat at the automaker’s Dingolfing, Germany, assembly plant.