PPG Industries: Perbedaan antara revisi

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[[Berkas:Plaques in Pittsburgh - IMG 7580.JPG|thumbjmpl|leftkiri|240px|Plakat Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company di [[PPG Place]]]]

Perusahaan ini juga merupakan produsen kaca datar pertama yang menggunakan [[gas alam]] untuk menyuplai listrik di pabriknya, sebuah inovasi yang lalu diikuti oleh banyak industri, karena lebih ramah lingkungan.<ref name="PPG Industries">{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = 125 Anniversary | work = | publisher = PPG Industries | year = 2008 | url = http://corporateportal.ppg.com/PPG/OurCompany/125anniversary.htm | doi = | accessdate = Nov 10, 2008 | archive-date = 2008-11-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081114020712/http://corporateportal.ppg.com/PPG/OurCompany/125anniversary.htm | dead-url = yes }}</ref>

Perusahaan ini pun berkembang dengan cepat. Hingga tahun 1900, perusahaan ini tercatat telah memiliki 10 pabrik, dan berhasil menguasai 65 persen pangsa pasar kaca datar di Amerika Serikat. Selain itu, perusahaan ini juga berhasil menjadi produsen cat terbesar kedua di Amerika Serikat.<ref name="Local Heritage">{{cite web | last = Garrett | first = Jeff | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Our Local Heritage : Tarentum-Area Glass Companies | work = | publisher = Alle-Kinski Today Online | date = Aug 1, 2006 | url = http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/2996 | format = | doi = | accessdate = Nov 10, 2008 | archive-date = 2009-01-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090108152900/http://www.alle-kiskitoday.com/articles/2996 | dead-url = yes }}</ref> Pada tahun 1928, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company membeli Ditzler Color Company, sebuah produsen cat otomotif yang didirikan pada tahun 1902 di Detroit.

Pada tanggal 2 Januari 2008, PPG mengakuisisi SigmaKalon Group, milik [[Bain Capital]], dengan harga $3,2 milliar, untuk memperkuat bisnis cat dan pelapisnya.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/01/02/idUS129134+02-Jan-2008+BW20080102 | work=Reuters | title=PPG Completes Acquisition of SigmaKalon Group | date=January 2, 2008 | access-date=2016-10-09 | archive-date=2015-09-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928024040/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/01/02/idUS129134+02-Jan-2008+BW20080102 | dead-url=yes }}</ref>

Pada bulan April 2013, PPG berhasil menyelesaikan akuisisi terhadap divisi [[pelapis arsitektur]] milik AkzoNobel North American, termasuk juga merek [[Glidden]], Liquid Nails, dan Flood.<ref>[http://www.ppg.com/en/newsroom/news//Pages/20130401A.aspx "PPG completes acquisition of AkzoNobel North American architectural coatings business"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144208/http://www.ppg.com/en/newsroom/news//Pages/20130401A.aspx |date=2014-07-14 }} April 1, 2012</ref>

Pada tanggal 1 April 2014, PPG juga menyelesaikan penjualan sahamnya di Transitions Optical, ke Essilor. Walaupun begitu, pusat teknik PPG di Monroeville akan tetap terus menyediakan layanan riset dan pengembangan untuk Transitions.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.post-gazette.com/business/2014/04/01/PPG-finalizes-sale-of-Transitions-Optical-for-1-73-billion/stories/201404010165/ | work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | first=Joyce | last=Gannon | title=PPG finalizes sale of Transitions Optical for $1.73 billion - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date=April 1, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ppg.com/optical/opticalproducts/Pages/default.aspx |title=Salinan arsip |access-date=2016-10-09 |archive-date=2015-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628222527/http://www.ppg.com/optical/opticalproducts/Pages/default.aspx |dead-url=yes }}</ref> Pada tanggal 5 November 2014, PPG berhasil membeli Mexican Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V. (“[[Comex Group|Comex]]”) dengan harga $2,3 milliar. <ref>[http://corporate.ppg.com/Media/Newsroom/2014/PPG-completes-acquisition-of-Comex "PPG completes acquisition of Comex"] November 5, 2014</ref>

[[Berkas:Canal Crossing clean-up site.jpg|thumbjmpl|uprightlurus|Remediasi di [[Canal Crossing, Jersey City]].]]

Pada bulan November 2010, PPG setuju untuk memindahkan 700.000 ton limbah beracun dari [[Canal Crossing, Jersey City|Canal Crossing]], sebuah tempat pembuangan limbah di [[Jersey City, New Jersey]], dimana PPG sempat mengoperasikan pabrik pengolahan [[kromium]]nya dari tahun 1954 hingga tahun 1963.<ref>{{Cite news | last = McDonald | first = Terrence T. | author-link = | title = More than 50,000 tons of soil removed from chromium site in Jersey City | newspaper = The Jersey Journal | pages = | year = | date = March 6, 2011 | url = http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/03/more_than_50000_tons_of_soil_r.html | accessdate = | quote = | postscript = <!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}} }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | last = Frohling | first = John B. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Morris Canal Associates/Proposed Settlement Agreement Between PPG and the City of Jersey City | work = | publisher = www.state.nj.us/Frohling Assoc, LLC | date = April 15, 2009 | url = http://www.state.nj.us/dep/srp/siteinfo/chrome/ppg/Frohling.pdf | format = | doi = | accessdate = }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last = Murray | first = Brian T. | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = N.J. delays decision on setting stricter limits on carcinogen chromium | newspaper = The Star-Ledger | pages = | year = | date = June 12, 2009 | url = http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/nj_delays_decision_on_setting.html | accessdate = | quote = | postscript = <!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}} }}</ref><ref name = recipient>{{Cite news | last = Arrue | first = Karina L. | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = Jersey City is only New Jersey recipient of $2.3 million in federal grant money to fund planning for 7,000-unit development on 111-acre wasteland currently being cleaned of toxins | newspaper = Jersey Journal | pages = | year = | date = October 21, 2010 | url = http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/jerseycity/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1287642380197790.xml&coll=3 | accessdate = 2011-04-03 | quote = | postscript = <!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}} | archive-date = 2016-03-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062446/http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/jerseycity/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1287642380197790.xml&coll=3 | dead-url = yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last = Navarro | first = Miyera | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = Better Cleanup Planned at Former Chrome Plant | newspaper = The New York Times | pages = | year = | date = April 5, 2011 | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/nyregion/06chromium.html | accessdate = 2011-04-06 | quote = | postscript = <!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}} }}</ref>