PPG Industries Inc.Pittsburgh, Pa. 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. , a global supplier of coatings, glass, fiber glass and chemicals, was founded in 1885 as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. The company has about 50 production facilities in the United States and about 120 worldwide. 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 is the world's largest producer of transportation coatings and a leading maker of industrial and packaging coatings, aircraft transparencies, flat and fabricated glass, continuous-strand fiber glass, chlor-alkali and specialty chemicals, and architectural coatings. Chief risk executive: Douglas Griebling, Director, Treasury Operations CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. : Raymond W. LeBoeuf CFO See Chief Financial Officer. : William H. Hernandex, SVP SVP S'il Vous Plaît (French: Please) SVP Senior Vice President SVP Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People~s Party) SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology SVP Social Venture Partners SVP St Vincent de Paul , Finance Board audit chair: Michele J. Hooper Total revenue: $8,756.0 million Net income: $494.0 million Number of employees: 32,900 Primary broker: March Captive: Epic Insurance Co. Ltd. (Bermuda) Risk exposures: Increasing price and product competition by foreign and domestic competitors; the ability to maintain favorable supplier relationships and arrangements: the unpredictability of existing and possible future litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , including asbestos claims; business disruption risk, legal liability to third parties Risk strategies: The company may enter into derivative financial instrument transactions in order to manage or reduce market risk related to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, interest rates, natural gas prices and PPG's stock price |
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