PPG Automotive Glass, Services Business to Be Named Pittsburgh Glass Works

PPG Automotive Glass, Services Business to Be Named Pittsburgh Glass WorksPITTSBURGHPA-PPG-INDUSTRIES

PPG Industries´ automotive glass and services business, which is under contract to be sold to a new company being formed by Kohlberg & Co., LLC, Mount Kisco, N.Y., and PPG, will begin using the name ´Pittsburgh Glass Works,´ effective Aug. 1, 2008. The newly-formed business will continue using the name following closure of the transaction with Kohlberg & Co. that is expected in the third quarter of this year.

´Pittsburgh is well known in the global automotive industry as a manufacturing and technology center,´ said Frank Archinaco, who continues as president and chief executive officer of Pittsburgh Glass Works.

´The name ´Pittsburgh Glass Works´ captures the essence of our corporate culture,´ Archinaco added. ´It builds on the image and heritage that Pittsburgh was the center of glassmaking ´ even before PPG´s establishment in the industry. Keeping the word ´glass´ and incorporating ´works´ into our name not only conveys our desire to maintain a tradition within the glass industry, but also communicates to our customers our formidable work ethic, strong values and intent to deliver the solutions they need.´

According to Dick Heilman, director of marketing and strategic growth for Pittsburgh Glass Works, ´Customers will begin seeing trademark changes on some products late this summer, with the full transition, including facility and mobile fleet signage, likely to take more than a year to complete.´