PPG Annual Report 2016

2016 PPG ANNUAL REPORT AND FORM 10-K

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

Item 2. Properties

The Company’s corporate headquarters is located in Pittsburgh,

Pa. The Company’s manufacturing facilities, sales offices,

research and development centers and distribution centers are

located throughout the world. As of February 16, 2017, the

Company operated 140 manufacturing facilities in 40 countries,

and the principal manufacturing and distribution facilities were

as follows:

Performance Coatings:

Amsterdam, Netherlands; Birstall, United

Kingdom; Budapest, Hungary; Clayton, Australia;

Delaware, Ohio; Dover, Del.; Gonfreville,

France; Huntsville, Ala.; Huron, Ohio; Kunshan,

China; Little Rock, Ark.; Milan, Italy; Mojave,

Calif.; Moreuil, France; Shildon, United

Kingdom; Sylmar, Calif.; Soborg, Denmark;

Stowmarket, United Kingdom; and Wroclaw,

Poland.

Industrial Coatings:

Barberton, Ohio; Busan, South Korea; Cieszyn,

Poland; Cleveland, Ohio; Lake Charles, La.; Oak

Creek, Wis.; Quattordio, Italy; San Juan del Rio,

Mexico; Sumaré, Brazil; Tianjin, China, and

Zhangjiagang, China

Glass:

Chester, N.C.; Lexington, N.C.; and Shelby, N.C.

Including the principal manufacturing facilities noted above,

the Company has manufacturing facilities in the following

geographic areas:

United States:

39 manufacturing facilities in 19 states.

Other Americas:

18 manufacturing facilities in 5 countries.

EMEA:

56 manufacturing facilities in 25 countries.

Asia:

27 manufacturing facilities in 9 countries.

The Company’s principal research and development centers

are located in Allison Park, Pa.; Cheswick, Pa.; Monroeville, Pa.;

Shelby, N.C.; Burbank, Calif. and Tepexpan, Mexico.

The Company’s headquarters, certain distribution centers

and substantially all company-owned paint stores are located in

facilities that are leased while the Company’s other facilities are

generally owned. Our facilities are considered to be suitable and

adequate for the purposes for which they are intended and

overall have sufficient capacity to conduct business in the

upcoming year.