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PPG Completes Acquisition of Deft, Expands Aerospace Coatings Business

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PPG to Present at Goldman Sachs Basic Materials Conference 2013

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SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Fri, May 3 • 1 Comment
Cramer's Mad Money - The Best International Growth Story In The Restaurant Space (4/30/13)
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Cramer's Mad Money - There Is More To Earnings Than Geography (4/29/13)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Tue, Apr 30
Cramer's Mad Money - Sinclair's Remarkable Transformation (4/26/13)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Sun, Apr 28
PPG Launches New Sustainability Framework, Issues 2012 Sustainability Report

Business Wire (Apr 25, 2013)
PPG at Wells Fargo Securities 2013 Industrial and Construction Conference

Business Wire (Apr 24, 2013)
Cramer's Mad Money - Not Coke Vs. Pepsi, But Portfolio Vs. Portfolio (4/18/13)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Fri, Apr 19
PPG Industries Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 18
PPG Chairman Notes Strategic Progress, Record Financials During Annual Meeting

Business Wire (Apr 18, 2013)
PPG Directors Approve Quarterly Dividend Increase to 61 Cents Per Share

Business Wire (Apr 18, 2013)
PPG Reports First Quarter Results

Business Wire (Apr 18, 2013)
Dividend Champions: 12 Increases Expected By June 30
David Fish • Wed, Apr 17 • 19 Comments
PPG to Acquire Aerospace Coatings Producer Deft

Business Wire (Apr 11, 2013)
Cramer's Mad Money - McCormick Has Twice The Flavor Of The S&P 500 (4/9/13)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Wed, Apr 10 • 4 Comments
PPG to Announce First Quarter 2013 Results April 18

Business Wire (Apr 3, 2013)
PPG Completes Acquisition of AkzoNobel North American Architectural Coatings Business

Business Wire (Apr 1, 2013)
PPG Appoints Sklarsky as Executive Vice President, Finance

Business Wire (Mar 28, 2013)

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Chris DeMuth Jr. • Thu, Jan 24 • 82 Comments
PPG Executives' Actions Wave Red Flag - Time To Sell
John Tobey • Tue, Jan 22 • 10 Comments
PPG Shareholders: Beware Of Georgia Gulf Exchange Offer
John Tobey • Mon, Jan 21 • 22 Comments
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The Value Investor • Mon, Dec 17, 2012 • 1 Comment
Planned Spin-Off Widens PPG Industries' Moat
Morningstar • Wed, Aug 22, 2012
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PPG Industries: Earnings Preview
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PPG Industries: Potential Payout Growth
Brad Prigmore • Tue, Apr 17, 2012 • 2 Comments
PPG Industries: Predictable Earnings, Consistent Dividends
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Dividend Growth Investor • Fri, Mar 4, 2011 • 5 Comments
PPG Predicts Higher Profits
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Earnings Preview: PPG Industries
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Upside Surprise: Despite Low Estimates, PPG Industries Shares Are Soaring
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SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Sun, Apr 28
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SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Fri, Apr 19
Dividend Champions: 12 Increases Expected By June 30
David Fish • Wed, Apr 17 • 19 Comments
Cramer's Mad Money - McCormick Has Twice The Flavor Of The S&P 500 (4/9/13)
SA Editor Miriam Metzinger • Wed, Apr 10 • 4 Comments
The Paint And Coatings Industry Is Fully Valued And Ready For Buyers
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PPG Industries Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 18
PPG Industries Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Mon, Jan 14 • 2 Comments
PPG Industries Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Oct 18, 2012
PPG Industries Management Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jul 19, 2012
PPG Industries' CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 19, 2012
PPG Industries' CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jan 19, 2012
PPG Industries's CEO Hosts 2011 Capital Markets Day - Event Transcript
Mon, Dec 5, 2011
PPG Industries' CEO Discusses Q3 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Oct 20, 2011
PPG Industries' CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jul 21, 2011
PPG Industries' CEO Discusses Q1 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 21, 2011 • 1 Comment
PPG Industries' CEO Discusses Q4 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Jan 21, 2011
PPG Industries Inc. Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
PPG Industries Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 15, 2010
PPG Industries Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jan 21, 2010
PPG Industries Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Oct 15, 2009
PPG Industries Q2 2009 (Qtr End 06/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jul 16, 2009
PPG Industries, Inc. Q4 2008 (Qtr End 12/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Jan 16, 2009
PPG Industries Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Oct 16, 2008
PPG Industries Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Jul 17, 2008
PPG Industries Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Apr 17, 2008

PPG Completes Acquisition of Deft, Expands Aerospace Coatings Business

Business Wire (Mon, 9:11AM)
Bankruptcy Court Issues Confirmation Opinion on Pittsburgh Corning Reorganization Plan

Business Wire (Fri, 9:27AM)
PPG to Present at Goldman Sachs Basic Materials Conference 2013

Business Wire (May 8, 2013)
Jim Cramer; Big Things About to Happen Overseas?

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Lightning Round: Celgene, Dell & More

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PPG Launches New Sustainability Framework, Issues 2012 Sustainability Report

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PPG Chairman Notes Strategic Progress, Record Financials During Annual Meeting

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PPG Directors Approve Quarterly Dividend Increase to 61 Cents Per Share

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PPG Reports First Quarter Results

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Weekly Jobless Claims Could Be Huge for Markets

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PPG to Acquire Aerospace Coatings Producer Deft

Business Wire (Apr 11, 2013)
The Demise of JC Penney

at CNBC.com (Apr 9, 2013)
PPG to Announce First Quarter 2013 Results April 18

Business Wire (Apr 3, 2013)
PPG Completes Acquisition of AkzoNobel North American Architectural Coatings Business

Business Wire (Apr 1, 2013)

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Company Description

PPG Industries, Inc., incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1883, is comprised of six reportable business segments: Performance Coatings, Industrial Coatings, Architectural Coatings – EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Optical and Specialty Materials, Commodity Chemicals and Glass. Each of the... More

Sector: Basic Materials

Industry: Specialty Chemicals

Country: United States

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Wednesday, May 8, 1:19 PM Shares of Axiall (AXLL -16.2%) plummet after earnings miss estimates by a wide margin. The acquisition of PPG's chlorine assets was largely responsible for an $88.6M increase in adjusted EBITDA from Q1 2012 in the Chlorovinyls segment (which accounts for most of the firm's sales), but relatively high ethylene costs and lower resin sales prices conspired to offset the gains. Meanwhile, net sales decreased in both the Building Products and Aromatics segments. (PR) Comment! [On the Move, Earnings]
Thursday, April 18, 2:46 PM PPG Industries (PPG +5.9%) moves up today, despite posting a mixed Q1 report earlier that missed slightly on revenue but beat on a per share basis. Net earnings surged after the paint-and-coatings supplier recorded a $2.2B sale of its chemicals business to Georgia Gulf Corp. Sales in its industrial-coatings unit were up 10%, boosted by higher volume and some smaller acquisitions. Comment! [Earnings, On the Move]
Thursday, April 18, 8:18 AM PPG Industries (PPG): Q1 EPS of $1.58 beats by $0.02. Revenue of $3.3B misses by $0.15B. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Thursday, April 18, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: ADS, AN, APH, BAX, BBT, BPOP, BTU, BX, CY, DHR, FCS, FCX, FITB, KEY, LDK, MMR, MS, NOK, NUE, OMC, PBCT, PENN, PEP, PM, PPG, SHW, SNA, SON, TSM, TZOO, UNH, UNP, VZ Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, April 17, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Thursday’s open: ADS, AN, APH, BAX, BBT, BPOP, BTU, BX, CY, DHR, FCS, FCX, FITB, KEY, LDK, MMR, MS, NOK, NUE, OMC, PBCT, PENN, PEP, PM, PPG, SHW, SNA, SON, TSM, TZOO, UNH, UNP, VZ Comment! [Earnings]
Thursday, April 11, 9:34 AM PPG +1% buys Deft Inc., a provider of aviation primers and topcoats, in deal that will broaden PPG's portfolio and ensure it maintains its market position as a "leading aerospace coatings supplier," the company says. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Comment! [M&A]
Friday, March 15, 7:34 PM If history is a guide, the markets may be due for a pullback, according to S&P Capital's Sam Stovall. Since World War II, Stovall says the median advance once the S&P hits its previous high after recovering from a bear market has been just 3%. But despite the ominous warning, there still may be some places to ride it all out. JPMorgan's chief U.S. equities strategist Tom Lee recently came up with 15 stocks that outperformed the S&P 500 in eight of the last 11 pullbacks since 2009: CAG, IBM, DIS, GPC, MMM, FISV, PAYX, PPG, SYY, SIAL, UNP, UTX, PX, L, and XRAY. 42 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Friday, March 15, 11:19 AM J.P. Morgan's Thomas Lee sees two distinctive style attributes that will help stocks outperform after the recent run-up: high free cash flow yields and - surprisingly - low dividend yields. Lee's screen produces 15 stocks investors can buy now: CAG, IBM, GPC, MMM, PAYX, UTX, SYY, PPG, PX, UNP, FISV, SIAL, XRAY, L, DIS. 6 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Monday, January 28, 10:20 AM PPG Industries (PPG -3.1%) sets a final exchange ratio for the split-off of its commodity chemicals business at 3.2562 shares of newly created Eagle Spinco for each PPG share. After PPG's acceptance, Eagle Spinco will merge with a subsidiary of Georgia Gulf (GGC +4.8%) and each Spinco share will convert to one GGC share; the closing of the merger then should conclude later today. Comment! [Commodities, M&A, On the Move]
Thursday, January 17, 11:47 AM PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) declares $0.59/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 1.68%. For shareholders of record Feb. 22. Payable Mar. 12. Ex-div date Feb. 20. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, January 14, 9:09 AM PPG says it is in discussions with Essilor about the future of their Transitions Optical JV; PPG owns 51% in the venture. PPG says the discussions could lead to a change in the structure of the JV, a sale of its interests in the entity to Essilor, or a sale of Essilor's interests to PPG. (earnings) Comment! [Commodities]
Monday, January 14, 8:12 AM PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG): Q4 EPS of $1.53 in-line. Revenue of $3.6B in-line. Shares -1.5% premarket. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, On the Move]
Monday, January 14, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Monday’s open: PPG 1 Comment [Earnings]
Sunday, January 13, 5:30 PM Notable earnings before Monday’s open: PPG Comment! [Earnings]
Friday, January 11, 8:26 AM Georgia Gulf (GGC) +1.2% premarket as shareholders approve the issuance of shares necessary to complete the pending merger with PPG's commodity chemicals business. Jim Cramer gives his blessing: While GGC is more economically sensitive than PPG because its chemicals are not proprietary, he thinks there's enough demand for its products to move the stock higher. Comment! [Commodities, M&A, Quick Ideas]
Thursday, December 27, 2012, 9:38 AM PPG Industries (PPG +1.2%) declares force majeure for vinyl chloride monomer produced at its Lake Charles, La., chemicals complex and for all grades of liquid caustic soda after a Dec. 24 fire at the plant. PPG says the disruption likely will cut its Q4 commodity earnings by $5M-$8M. Comment! [Energy]

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Breakout year for chemicals $OMN $PPG $VAL $EMN $CE $SHW $RPM
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Michael Bryant
A.O. Smith ($AOS), PPG Industries ($PPG), Roper Industries ($ROP), FEI Company ($FEIC), & Steven Madden ($SHOO) rose Friday on unusual vol.
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Michael Bryant
On Assignment ($ASGN), Gartner ($IT), EchoStar ($SATS), CIRCOR International ($CIR), & PPG Industries ($PPG) rose Wednesday on unusual vol.
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Michael Bryant
China Lodging Group ($HTHT), Qihoo 360 ($QIHU), AZZ ($AZZ), News Corp ($NWS), & PPG Industries ($PPG) rose Monday on unusual volume.
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$BKH $UVV and $CVX are the best to buy rated Dividend Champions + http://stks.co/mHcj + My Favorites are $KO $MDT $PPG and $VFC
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Michael Bryant
PPG Industries ($PPG), Herbalife ($HLF), Nu Skin ($NUS), Sterling Financial ($STSA), & Medivation ($MDVN) rose Monday on unusual volume.
12/25/12
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Michael Bryant: Interesting. Thanks for noting.
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Jim Van Meerten
$PPG - 100% Barchart technical buy signal - 11 new higihs and up 9.33% in the last month- Relative Strength Index 68.84%
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Breakout year for chemicals $OMN $PPG $VAL $EMN $CE $SHW $RPM
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PPG Industries ($PPG), Herbalife ($HLF), Nu Skin ($NUS), Sterling Financial ($STSA), & Medivation ($MDVN) rose Monday on unusual volume.
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x oil -field: U.S.stock futures higher ahead of housing starts Global optimism:Japan's Nikkei busts through 10,000 level. http://bit.ly/Zighmv $FMCC.OB
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Ryan Mallory
Your Dose of Stocks That Only Go Up | $V $EXPE $RYL $AMT $AOS $CONN $FISV HD $LPX $PPG $SNTS $STC $TYL http://bit.ly/RzGOIi
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Ocean Man: And $EXR.
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Brad Prigmore
PPG and TEVA killing it the last two days. Love being ahead of the curve...now if somebody would just read my articles.
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Brad Prigmore: And honestly, you probably read the first couple articles and thats it. I am learning certain types of articles make more money..
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Chines33
I suspect SLB HON PPG will have good things to say in coming reports tomorrow and Friday.Just a thought.
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Chines33: That's why I chose JCI and ETN instead
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