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6 unusual facts about PPG Industries


2007 North Texas Mean Green football team

With paint donated by local Pittsburgh Paints, the student spirit organization, Talons, repainted the entire stadium.

Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad

The main purpose was to switch chemical cars for Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Babcox and Wilcox Companies as well as O.C. Barber's match works, all in Barberton.

Pittsburgh Associates

The Associates were spearheaded by popular Pittsburgh Mayor Richard S. Caliguiri and some prominent corporate leaders of such companies as Westinghouse, PPG, United States Steel, PNC, Mellon Financial, Carnegie Mellon University and Ryan Homes.

PPG Industries

It is headquartered in PPG Place, a popular office and retail complex in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is known for its glass facade designed by Philip Johnson.

Founded in 1883 by Captain John Baptiste Ford and John Pitcairn, Jr., as the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company at Creighton, Pennsylvania; the company changed its name to PPG Industries, Inc.

Stiltsville

From the 1950s to the 1960s, Stiltsville's style matured from ramshackle to lodge, some with architectural styles, including the "A-frame" house; the Leshaw House, with its distinctive Mansard roof; and the uniquely shaped Baldwin, Sessions & Shaw House, which was featured in a national ad campaign for Pittsburg Paints.


Columbia and Cowlitz Railway

Companies using the railroad services are Weyerhaeuser, Georgia-Pacific, NORPAC, Flexible Foam, Equa-Chlor, PPG Industries, Canexus and Solvay Chemicals.

Roger M. Milgrim

Milgrim has also lectured to numerous legal departments, including AT&T, Eastman Kodak, Exxon, PPG, Procter & Gamble and United Technologies.


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