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Reportable Segment Information (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Reconciliation of Revenue and Operating Income from Segments to Consolidated
Reportable segment net sales and segment income for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 were as follows: 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31
($ in millions)
2017
 
2016
Net sales:
 
 
 
Performance Coatings
$
2,017

 
$
2,039

Industrial Coatings
1,469

 
1,372

Glass
83

 
133

Total
$
3,569

 
$
3,544

Segment income:
 
 
 
Performance Coatings
$
285

 
$
279

Industrial Coatings
273

 
265

Glass
9

 
14

Total
$
567

 
$
558

Corporate
(64
)
 
(61
)
Interest expense, net of interest income
(21
)
 
(24
)
Legacy items (a)
(8
)
 
(11
)
Asset write-down

 
(4
)
Pension settlement charge
(22
)
 

Transaction-related costs (b)
(4
)
 
(2
)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
$
448

 
$
456

(a)
Legacy items include current costs related to former operations of the Company, including pension and other postretirement benefit costs, certain charges for legal matters and environmental remediation costs, and certain other charges which are not associated with PPG's current business portfolio, including the impact of the asbestos settlement. Until April 2016, legacy items also include equity earnings from PPG’s minority investment in Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC.
(b)
Transaction-related costs include advisory, legal, accounting, valuation and other professional or consulting fees incurred to effect significant acquisitions, as well as similar fees and other costs to effect disposals not classified as discontinued operations. These costs may also include the flow-through cost of sales for the step up to fair value of inventories acquired in acquisitions. These costs also include certain severance costs and charges associated with the Company's recent business portfolio transformation.