Key Highlights in 2016
January 8
Marked the completion
of a $20 million
investment to build an
electrocoat coatings
blending center at our
resin manufacturing
facility in Zhangjiagang,
China
June 5
Marked the completion of a $10
million coatings center of excellence
at our Tianjin, China, campus to
serve automotive decorative parts
manufacturers
February 18
Marked the completion of
an $8 million investment
at our global Coatings
Innovation Center in
Allison Park, Pennsylvania,
to expand technical
capabilities
April 21
Divested
our minority
ownership
interest in
Pittsburgh
Glass Works
May 5
Opened a $3 million state-
of-the-art liquid coatings
application development
center at our Oak Creek,
Wisconsin, plant
March 17
Launched a global brand
marketing campaign to
enhance the PPG brand
January
February
March
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June
PPG ANNUAL REPORT AND FORM K
January 12
Opened the 4,000th COMEX
®
paint
and coatings store in Mexico;
Comex
is Mexico’s largest
architectural paint brand