PPG Industries has completed its acquisition of IVC Industrial Coatings Inc., a U.S.-based manufacturer of specialty powder and liquid coatings. Financial terms were not disclosed. “This acquisition brings industry-leading powder coatings and a best-in-class manufacturing capability that will strengthen PPG’s position in the industrial coatings market,” said Shelley Bausch, PPG vice president, global industrial coatings, […]

Not even a record-setting second quarter overall was enough to mask PPG chairman and chief executive officer Charles E. Bunch’s frustration with his company’s lower-than-expected glass sales. During this week’s release of second-quarter financial figures, the company revealed that glass sales totaled $269 million, down $4 million from a year thanks to declines in both […]