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Borrowings (Details)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
EUR (€)
Mar. 31, 2015
Seven-year Fixed Rate Euro Bank Loan Due 2022 [Member]
EUR (€)
Mar. 31, 2015
Twelve-year Fixed Rate Euro Bank Loan Due 2027 [Member] [Member]
EUR (€)
Mar. 31, 2015
Notes 2.3 Percent Due 2019 [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]          
Debt Instrument, Face Amount $ 1,260,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount € 1,200,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount € 600,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ppg_SevenyearFixedRateEuroBankLoanDue2022Member
€ 600,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ppg_TwelveyearFixedRateEuroBankLoanDue2027MemberMember
 
Stated interest rate     0.875%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ppg_SevenyearFixedRateEuroBankLoanDue2022Member
1.40%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ppg_TwelveyearFixedRateEuroBankLoanDue2027MemberMember
 
Debt Redemption Price Percent Of Principal Amount         101.00%ppg_DebtRedemptionPricePercentOfPrincipalAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= ppg_Notes2.3PercentDue2019Member
Proceeds from Notes Payable $ 1,240,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromNotesPayable