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  Company Type Public ( NYSE : PPG )
  Company Slogan
  Foundation 1883
  Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , USA
  Key People Charles E Bunch , Chairman and CEO
  Num Employees 30,000
  Revenue US$ 11 billion (2006)
  Industry Glass and Chemicals
  Products Automobile glass<br> Fiberglass <br> Paints <br> Plate Glass <br> Aerospace coatings<br> Architectural coating<br> Chemicals <br> Industrial coatings<br> Financial Services


PPG Industries () was founded in 1883 as the '''Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company.'''

PPG is an American manufacturer of Glass and Chemical products, including Automotive safety glass. PPG is also the world's third largest producer of Chlorine and Caustic Soda (used in a wide variety of industrial applications), Vinyl Chloride Monomer (for use in polyvinyl chloride resins), and chlorinated Solvent s.