PPG Industries said three recently developed coatings products have been named finalists for Automotive News magazine’s 2001 PACE Awards.

PITTSBURGH — PPG Industries Inc. said three recently developed coatings products have been named finalists for Automotive News magazine’s 2001 PACE Awards, recognizing auto-industry supplier innovation. Award recipients will be announced in March.

PPG’s award finalists are its robotically applied Audioguard acoustic coating system that dampens sound and vibration; the Bonazinc weldable anticorrosion primer, applied before stamping and assembly of galvanized steel vehicle bodies and components; and the Enviro-Prime 2000 lead-free electrodeposition primer.