Strategic Milestones
April
- Announced $15 million expansion of powder coatings plant in Brazil.
- Announced that GLIDDEN® paint by PPG will be the primary paint brand at Walmart.
May
- Announced 2030 sustainability goals, including decarbonization targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
- Two leading U.S. homebuilders, Fischer Homes and Brightland Homes, selected PPG as their exclusive paint providers.
- Announced a $44 million investment to boost powder coating production across five manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Latin America.
- Universal Display Corporation and PPG opened a new organic light-emitting diode (OLED) manufacturing site in Shannon, Ireland.
June
- Announced agreement with NRG Energy Inc. to reduce PPG's total greenhouse gas emissions by more than 9,400 metrics tons annually.
- Announced a new aerospace e-coat system partnership with Satys in Dugny, France.
- Opened a new Color Creation Lab with Chery Automobile in Wuhu, China, after 20 years of collaboration.
- Opened a new $30 million battery pack application center in Tianjin, China, to support the development of new electric vehicle technologies.
August
- Celebrated our 140th anniversary by opening a new customer and employee experience center at the global headquarters in Pittsburgh.
- Announced $2.6 million investment in center of excellence at the Quattordio, Italy, site to increase the efficiency of color development and application.
September
- PPG Board of Directors elected Tim Knavish chairman of the Board and CEO.
- Marked 500th Colorful Communities project with a makeover at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh.
- Completed $2.7 million expansion of powder coatings factory in Sumaré, Brazil, to increase production capacity by 40%.