PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has presented six Excellent Supplier Awards
for superior performance in 2008.
Award criteria included product quality, delivery, documentation,
innovation, responsiveness, continuous improvement and participation in
PPG’s Supplier Added Value Effort ($AVE) program.
Kathleen McGuire, PPG vice president, purchasing and distribution,
praised the performance of the award-winning suppliers. “Their products,
services, reliability, innovation and overall value in 2008 were
outstanding,” she said. “We consider them invaluable business partners
who provide a significant competitive advantage to PPG.”
On an annual basis, PPG purchases more than $8 billion in materials and
services from thousands of suppliers.
Companies earning the 2008 Excellent Supplier Award, and the products
and services they provide, are:
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Denver Industria e Comercio de Produtos Quimicos Ltda.,
based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a supplier of acrylic emulsions to PPG's
architectural coatings business in South America.
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KD Wood Co., Inc., Brownsboro, Ala., which provides
packaging and supply integration services to PPG's aerospace business
in the United States.
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MPW Industrial Services Group, Inc., Hebron, Ohio, which
provides cleaning services for stainless steel intermediate bulk
containers to PPG's automotive original-equipment, refinish and
industrial coatings businesses in the United States.
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Optimodal, Inc., of West Chester, Pa., which provides
tank container intermodal transportation to PPG’s automotive
original-equipment coatings, optical products and packaging coatings
businesses in the United States.
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Paramount Global Services, Inc., of La Mirada, Calif.,
which provides packaging supplies, third-party logistics services and
freight forwarding services to PPG’s aerospace business in the United
States.
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TECMEC Srl, an Albairate, Italy-based provider of
point-of-sale mixing equipment and cabinets to PPG’s automotive
refinish business in the United States and Europe.
About PPG
Pittsburgh-based PPG is a global supplier of paints, coatings, optical
products, specialty materials, chemicals, glass and fiber glass. The
company has more than 140 manufacturing facilities and equity affiliates
and operates in more than 60 countries. Sales in 2008 were $15.8
billion. PPG shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol:
PPG). For more information, visit www.ppg.com.
PPG Corporate Communications
K.C. McCrory, 412-434-2445
kmccrory@ppg.com
