PPG Industries

PPG Industries ( PPG) is a manufacturer of art glass and chemical products from the United States with headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the skyscraper PPG Place. The company is listed on the S & P 500.

The company employs approximately 38,000 employees (as of 2010). The company was founded in 1883 in Pittsburgh under the name Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co..

Products

The product areas are not mineral glass for motor vehicles, glass, flat glass, also shatterproof lenses for the automotive and aerospace industries. In addition, synthetic resins, paints and car paints, chemicals and coating materials for the aerospace, architecture and industry are produced.

PPG was partially active in the field of medical technology. In the late 1970s, the company bought the German manufacturer Fritz Hellige GmbH & Co., which changed its name from now on under PPG Hellige. In 1996, this division was sold to Marquette Medical Systems.

Others

In 1987, PPG announced as a sponsor of the American cart race the Ferrari Ferrari PPG study as pace car for the 1988 season in order. The vehicle was designed by Italian company IDEA as a 2 2- seater based on the Mondial floor assembly weight-reducing using carbon and kevlar fiber-reinforced plastics.

Probably originated from 1981-1984 in collaboration with the Dodge Dodge M4S. The concept car was also used as a pace car and was the inspiration for the movie car in the movie Interceptor.

In the automotive sector in Europe ( Peugeot, Renault, etc.) is AG from 1980 to 1995 divided the competitors Hoechst ( Division G) and the French PPG INDUSTRIES FRANCE available capacity. In Germany, represented by PPG Industries Coatings GmbH, former Lackwerke Wülfing.