2024 Strategic Milestones
Acquisitions, achievements, appointments, innovations and investments in 2024
February
- Announced a review of strategic alternatives for its architectural coatings business in the U.S. and Canada.
- Recognized by Fortune Magazine on its World's Most Admired Companies® List for the 16th consecutive year.
- Recognized by JUST Capital's America's Most JUST Companies for the sixth consecutive year.
- Invested more than $17.5 million in communities worldwide in 2023.
- Named to the 2024 Corporate Knights Clean200 list for strong sales of sustainable products.
- Recognized among Barron's 100 Most Sustainable Companies list.
- Entered fifth decade of racing partnership with Team Penske.
May
- Received an American Chemistry Council Sustainability Leadership Award for PPG ENVIROPRIME® EPIC 300 electrocoat.
- Announced plans for a new manufacturing facility in Tennessee as part of a $300 million investment in North America
- Marked strong progress against 2030 sustainability targets, including increased sales from sustainably advantaged solutions, reduced emissions.
June/July
- Recognized as a "Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion" for the third consecutive year.
- Included on FTSE4Good index for sixth consecutive year for strong sustainability practices.
August
- Completed expansion of Yen Phong industrial coatings plant in Bắc Ninh province, Vietnam to meet demand for sustainable coatings for consumer electronics.
September/October
November
- Completed sale of silicas products business to QEMETICA, a Warsaw, Poland-based, privately held manufacturer.
- Announced that the PPG MOONWALK® automated paint mixing system for automotive body shops had customers in all 50 U.S. states.
- Inducted five new members into Collegium association, recognizing technology innovations aligned to growth.
- Recognized in Newsweek's America’s Greenest Companies.
December
- Completed the sale of architectural coatings U.S. and Canada business to American Industrial Partners, an industrials investor.
- Named to Newsweek magazine's America's Most Responsible Companies list for the fifth consecutive year.
- Again recognized among Foundry's Computerworld's Best Places to Work in IT.