Bunch Elected to PPG Industries Board.Business Editors PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2002 Directors of PPG Industries PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) was founded in 1883 as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. PPG is an American manufacturer of glass and chemical products, including automotive safety glass. today elected Charles E. Bunch a member of the company's board. Bunch, 52, became president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of PPG PPG Points Per Game (basketball player statistic) PPG Power Play Goals (hockey) PPG Planning Policy Guidance (UK) PPG Programmable Pulse Generator PPG Power Puff Girls earlier this month. Previously, he was executive vice president, coatings, and senior vice president, strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and corporate services Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners. , for PPG. Bunch joined the company in 1979 as an assistant to the corporate controller, holding accounting and financial analyst assignments at glass plants in Indiana and Alabama. In 1982 he was appointed manager of European financial analysis in Paris. He was named manager of European flat glass and commercial products in 1985, and the following year became managing director of PPG's Italian glass subsidiary. He returned to Pittsburgh in 1987 as corporate director of distribution and then assumed additional responsibility for purchasing. He was named general manager of architectural coatings in 1992, vice president of that unit in 1994, and vice president, fiber glass, in 1995. He was elected senior vice president in 1997 and executive vice president in early 2000. Founded in 1883, Pittsburgh-based PPG is a global supplier of coatings, glass, fiber glass and chemicals, with 120 manufacturing locations and equity affiliates in 24 countries. Sales in 2001 were $8.2 billion. |
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