PPG Industries, Inc. develops and sells paints, coatings and specialty products for construction, consumer products, industrial, transportation and aftermarket customers. Company news commonly covers segment results in Global Architectural Coatings, Performance Coatings, Industrial Coatings, aerospace coatings, protective and marine coatings, Traffic Solutions, and packaging or automotive OEM coatings.
Recurring updates also include product and technology investments, such as radiation-curable coatings, protective systems for data center infrastructure, and R&D activity across regional laboratories. PPG news also addresses acquisitions that expand coatings lines, dividend declarations, shareholder meeting matters, leadership changes, digital transformation and operational efficiency initiatives.
PPG (NYSE: PPG) announced that senior information technology manager Jennifer Bourne was named to Pittsburgh Magazine’s 2026 40 Under 40 list. The annual recognition honors Pittsburgh-area professionals for professional accomplishments, leadership and community contributions.
Bourne led development of an AI-enabled platform designed to accelerate product development and improve business decision making for thousands of users globally. Her lab digitization work supports more than 70 research facilities worldwide. She also leads PPG’s Latino Employee Resource Network and supports regional STEM education and workforce development initiatives.
PPG (NYSE: PPG) appointed Anthony DeGram as vice president, global supply chain, to lead the function across the enterprise. He will report to Kevin Braun, senior vice president, operations, and oversee the global supply chain team, processes and strategy.
DeGram assumes supply chain responsibility from Christine Camsuzou, vice president and chief procurement officer, who will focus exclusively on global procurement. She had taken on an integrated procurement and supply chain role in 2024. DeGram joins from Regal Rexnord, where he served as senior director, global materials management excellence and sales, inventory and operations planning. His prior experience includes supply chain leadership roles at Kennametal and more than two decades at Ford Motor Company.
PPG (NYSE:PPG) reported record third-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings per diluted share of $2.25 and raised its full-year guidance midpoint. Adjusted EPS rose 6% year over year; reported EPS increased 8% to $2.12. Net sales rose 7% to $4.353 billion, while net income from continuing operations increased 7% to $473 million. Organic sales, excluding currency, acquisitions and divestitures, grew 5%.
Performance Coatings sales rose 10%, Global Architectural Coatings sales increased 4%, and Industrial Coatings sales grew 5%. Industrial Coatings profitability declined as cost inflation outweighed pricing and volume gains. Year-to-date operating cash flow was approximately $1.2 billion, $100 million higher year over year. PPG narrowed its full-year adjusted EPS guidance to $7.90–$8.10, with a higher midpoint, and expects fourth-quarter organic sales growth of a low single-digit percentage.
PPG (NYSE:PPG) declared a regular quarterly dividend of 74 cents per share, payable Dec. 11 to shareholders of record Nov. 10.
This will be the company’s 513th consecutive dividend payment. PPG has paid uninterrupted annual dividends since 1899.
PPG (PPG) announced a $70 million investment to expand its aerospace transparencies manufacturing site in Huntsville, Alabama. Transparencies include aircraft cockpit and passenger windows. The expansion includes leasing and building out a 112,000-square-foot facility for production support functions, freeing additional manufacturing space at the existing site.
The investment forms part of a series of multi-year projects to increase production capacity. PPG said the expansion will improve operational efficiency and provide room for future equipment investments.
PPG (PPG) will release its third-quarter 2026 results on Oct. 27 after U.S. stock markets close.
A teleconference with company executives is scheduled for Oct. 28 at 8 a.m. ET. Operating segment results and other financial information will be available on the PPG Investor Center after the release.
PPG (PPG) has promoted scientist Venkateshwarlu Kalsani to the role of associate fellow, a high-level recognition within its science and technology organization. The title honors employees who consistently deliver innovation and are expected to drive future technological advances.
Kalsani joined PPG in 2007 and has contributed to technology platforms in fire protection, battery safety, industrial coatings, consumer electronics and marine applications, generating more than $1 billion in cumulative business value. He played a key role in intumescent fire protection coatings and battery fire protection technologies that received an R&D 100 Award. Kalsani holds 16 patents, has 13 patent applications pending, and has co-authored over 50 scientific publications. PPG currently has five other employees designated as fellows or associate fellows and reported $15.9 billion in net sales in 2025.
PPG (PPG) has appointed Alex Lopez as vice president, investor relations and operational finance, effective Oct. 1.
Lopez, currently director of investor relations, will continue to report to senior vice president and chief financial officer Jamie Beggs. In his expanded role, he will keep leading investor relations while assuming responsibility for enterprise operational finance, focusing on capital discipline, productivity governance and operational finance effectiveness.
Lopez has held multiple finance leadership roles over 20 years at PPG and previously worked at GE Appliances and its joint venture Mabe.
PPG (PPG) hosted an Innovation Day at its Global Coatings Innovation Center in Tianjin, China, bringing together company leaders, technical experts and customers to showcase customer-focused coatings solutions.
The event highlighted PPG’s dual innovation strategies: INSIDE THE CAN™, which targets new coatings, chemistries and materials to enhance performance, productivity and sustainability, and OUTSIDE THE CAN™, which covers application technologies, digital tools, services and process innovations that support customers’ operational performance and complex business challenges. PPG emphasized that the most impactful innovation occurs when working directly with customers to translate technical insight into practical solutions that improve productivity, efficiency and performance. The company, headquartered in Pittsburgh, operates in more than 50 countries and reported $15.9 billion in net sales in 2025.
PPG (NYSE: PPG) has launched the PPG ONE RANGE portfolio of five one-component marine coatings at the SMM 2026 trade fair in Hamburg, Germany. The ready-to-use coatings are designed to simplify onboard fleet maintenance by eliminating mixing, easing storage and handling, and reducing waste.
The portfolio covers interior and exterior applications and includes waterborne, alkyd and polyurethane technologies that support low volatile organic compound (VOC) compliance and low flame spread certification. PPG is also previewing the battery-powered PPG POWERPACK application tool, which allows crews to switch between roller and brush using a single unit to improve productivity.