PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 30, 2015--
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has announced nine Excellent Supplier Award
recipients for superior performance in 2014.
On an annual basis, PPG purchases more than $7.5 billion in goods and
services globally from thousands of suppliers. The company’s criteria
for Excellent Supplier Awards include quality, commercial value,
delivery, documentation, innovation, responsiveness, sustainability and
participation in PPG's Supplier Added Value Effort ($AVE) program.
“We are pleased to recognize these suppliers, whose products, services,
innovation and overall value in 2014 were outstanding,” said Steve
Lampe, PPG vice president, corporate purchasing and logistics. “We
consider them critical business partners who provide exceptional and
significant competitive advantage to PPG.”
Companies earning the 2014 Excellent Supplier Award, and the products
and services they provide, are:
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Cantarella & Molteni of Brianza, Italy, works
proactively to improve processes and efficiency in providing color
sample collections for PPG’s automotive refinish business in Europe
and North America.
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Cleveland Steel Container, headquartered in Ohio, has
supplied steel pails across PPG’s North American coatings businesses
for more than 25 years and continues to seek savings opportunities and
meet high quality standards.
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Maverick Transportation, North Little Rock, Arkansas,
provides specialized truckload operations to PPG's flat glass business
with an emphasis on continuous-improvement and cost-savings
initiatives.
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Motion Industries, with headquarters in Birmingham,
Alabama, provides industrial replacement parts and supplies and
collaborates with PPG’s U.S. operations on sustainability-focused and
cost-savings projects.
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Noahs Ark Chemicals, based in London, provides PPG's
automotive refinish business in Europe with timely delivery of various
chemicals and support to help reduce costs and working capital.
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pack2pack, based in the Netherlands, is an exceptionally
flexible supplier of metal packaging that helps PPG's coatings
businesses in Europe reduce costs and streamline processes.
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PCCR USA, a U.S. subsidiary of Polynt Group with
headquarters in Carpentersville, Illinois, has adopted PPG processes
and methodology in its own resin-production facilities to support
PPG's resins group.
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THOR Group, El Segundo, California, is a
class leader in bacterial control that has helped PPG's
architectural coatings technical team realize savings in North
America, Europe and Asia.
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Unimin Corp., New Canaan, Connecticut, has long provided
non-metallic industrial minerals for PPG’s glass manufacturing
operations, helping control costs through both pricing and
inventory-reduction efforts.
PPG: BRINGING INNOVATION TO THE SURFACE.™
PPG Industries' vision is to be the world’s leading coatings company by
consistently delivering high-quality, innovative and sustainable
solutions that customers trust to protect and beautify their products
and surroundings. Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and
color, PPG provides added value to customers in construction, consumer
products, industrial and transportation markets and aftermarkets to
enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. Founded
in 1883, PPG has global headquarters in Pittsburgh and operates in more
than 70 countries around the world. Reported net sales in 2014 were
$15.4 billion. PPG shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange
(symbol: PPG). For more information, visit www.ppg.com
and follow @PPGIndustries
on Twitter.
Bringing innovation to the surface is a trademark of PPG
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PPG Industries, Inc.
K.C. McCrory, 412-434-2445
PPG Corporate
Communications
kmccrory@ppg.com