PPG Industries Incorporated

By Deb Acord, CTW Features Automakers are helping expressive owners stand out with jazzy new colors Drivers around the world who like to fit in with the masses choose silver cars. But those who like to be different might check out something in Majestic,...

May 17 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S. companies, including Macy's and Biogen Idec on Friday. HIGHLIGHTS * Aruba Networks : FBN, JP Morgan, Needham, Wedbush, Wells Fargo cut rating *...

PPG Industries Inc. will have to give up its stake in Pittsburgh Corning and pay out $825 million over 10 years to settle asbestos claims that put the Plum company into bankruptcy, PPG announced Friday. A federal judge has tentatively approved...

The Department of Natural Resources said Thursday that molybdenum contamination in private wells has been detected in a larger area of southeastern Wisconsin than previously identified. The DNR said that molybdenum levels above standards for safe...

April 23 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S. companies, including Caterpillar and Halliburton, on Tuesday. HIGHLIGHTS * Caterpillar Inc : JP Morgan raises to overweight from neutral *...

April 22 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S. companies, including Apple, IBM and GE, on Monday. HIGHLIGHTS * Apple : BMO, Sterne Agee cut target price on the stock * IBM : Goldman Sachs,...

The paints industry in Saudi Arabia is quite a challenging one, says Mark van Diemen, managing director Middle East at Sigma Paints. "The market is very much price-conscious and still rather unripe in its understanding and knowledge of paints and...

With the sale of its commodity chemicals unit and recent acquisitions in the paint sector, PPG Industries has moved closer to realizing its long-term vision of transforming from an old-line industrial supplier to a leader in coatings and specialty...

F. William "Bill" Stryker, 83, of Hagerstown, passed away Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, at his home. Born April 6, 1929, in Berryville, Va., he was the son of the late Fred and Helen (Erb) Stryker. Bill was a graduate of John Handley High School in Winchester,...

DETROIT (KTLA) -- Move over silver, white is now the world's most popular color for carmakers, according to a new survey by PPG Industries. The paint maker found that 21 percent of 2011 model-year vehicles were white, while black and silver tied for...

This shouldn't be much of surprise: White is the most popular exterior paint color worldwide for another year, according to PPG Industries, a global paint supplier. Overall, 21% of the world???s 2011 model-year vehicles were painted white, PPG says. It......

Don Levy, of Birmingham, Ala., had one rule when he car shopped this year. Like the game-day shirts at his beloved University of Alabama, the car had to be crimson, white or gray. "I'm an avid fan," said Levy. "So every car I've had and every car I...