-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, WScjir+Xqv2dx8u8Jd0pOOHHd1E3mpQYDakAmg1/5czcaSSs9Kzsj+2Qzh0CJFpt 6mmiIYcD/k5QuiCAa9+pow== 0000927016-03-000861.txt : 20030225 0000927016-03-000861.hdr.sgml : 20030225 20030225093852 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000927016-03-000861 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030224 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20030225 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PPG INDUSTRIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000079879 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PAINTS, VARNISHES, LACQUERS, ENAMELS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2851] IRS NUMBER: 250730780 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-01687 FILM NUMBER: 03578379 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE PPG PL 40 EAST CITY: PITTSBURGH STATE: PA ZIP: 15272 BUSINESS PHONE: 4124343131 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE PPG PL 40 EAST CITY: PITTSBURGH STATE: PA ZIP: 15272 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19681219 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO

SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 24, 2003

 

 

PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Pennsylvania

  

1-1687

  

25-0730780

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

  

(Commission File Number)

  

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

One PPG Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

   

15272

(Address of principal executive offices)

   

(Zipcode)

      

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(412) 434-3131

      

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Item 5.  Other Events

 

On February 24, 2003, PPG Industries, Inc. issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99, which is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 7.  Exhibit

 

(99) PPG Industries, Inc. press release dated February 24, 2003.

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Registrant)

 

/s/    W. H. HERNANDEZ        

W. H. Hernandez

Senior Vice President, Finance

 

Date: February 24, 2003

EX-99 3 dex99.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release

 

EXHIBIT 99

 

[Logo of PPG]

   

PPG Industries

 

PPG Industries, Inc.

One PPG Place

Pittsburgh, Pa. 15272 USA

www.ppg.com

      

News

   

Contact:

Jeff Worden

412-434-3046

 

Investors:

Doug Atkinson

412-434-2120

 

Lightpath’s Ripp joins PPG Industries board

 

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 24, 2003 – Directors of PPG Industries have elected Robert Ripp a member of the company’s board, effective March 1. He is chairman of Lightpath Technologies, a manufacturer of optical lens and module assemblies for the telecommunications sector.

 

Ripp, 61, was chairman and chief executive officer of electrical products company AMP Incorporated, until it was acquired in 1999. Previously at AMP, Ripp served as executive vice president, sales and marketing, and vice president and chief financial officer.

 

Ripp earned a bachelor’s degree from Iona College and a master’s degree from New York University, both in economics.

 

Founded in 1883, Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries is a global supplier of coatings, glass, fiber glass and chemicals, with 113 manufacturing facilities and equity affiliates in 23 countries. Sales were US$8.1 billion in 2002.

 

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