PPG:

May 2017

Innovation

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$487MM Invested in research anddevelopment in 2016

$470MMAverage investment annuallyover the last four years inresearch and devepment,representing more than 3percent of net sales fromcontinuing operations

+3,500 Technical employees at morethan 100 global locations

Automotive & IndustrialCustomer Application Labs

AerospaceResearch:Burbank, CA

R&D Center:Allison Park, PA

CustomerApplication Labs:Europe

E-Coat Center ofExcellence:Marly, FR

RefinishResearch:Milan, IT

CustomerApplication Lab:Busan, KR

GlobalCompetitiveSourcing Lab,CustomerApplication Labs:Tianjin, CH

CustomerApplication Lab:Clayton, AU

PackagingResearch:Milford, OH

Comex Research:Mexico City, MX

CustomerApplication Lab:Sumare, BR

+30% Net sales from sustainableproducts in 2016, an increaseof 50 percent since 2012

25% Target for total sales fromproducts introduced in thelast four years

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PPG: Innovation

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PPG earns R&D 100 Awards forautomotive, aerospaceelectrocoat technologiesTwo of our electrocoat technologies earned 2016R&D 100 Awards in the mechanical/materialscategory. ENVIRO-PRIME® EPIC automotiveelectrocoat (e-coat) featuring a patented organiccatalyst and AEROCRON™ 2100 aerospacee-coat primer are among the 100 mosttechnologically significant products introducedinto the marketplace over the past year. We alsoearned a Silver Award in the Green Tech categoryfor our development of Enviro-Prime EPIC e-coatwith organic catalyst.

Green technology earnsprestigious SURCAR recognitionA green coating technology developed at ourWuhu, China, location received a 2016 SURCARInternational Award in the category ofenvironmental management. The technologyreduced VOC emissions by almost 40 percentand energy consumption by 10 percent in anautomotive customer’s facility.

PPG-Comex ranks 3rd onForbes Latin America InnovationListForbes magazine named PPG-Comex one of themost-innovative companies in Latin America,ranking third on the list of companies that haveachieved “significant advantages over theircompetition” through investments in researchand development. Forbes noted that in 2014 and2015, PPG-Comex initiated 188 innovationprojects, the second-highest number among the16 companies on the top-innovators list; receivedtwo patents; and launched a major new product,VINIMEX® TOTAL, a 100 percent acrylicarchitectural coating with exceptionalperformance characteristics.

Gold recognition presented toPPG packaging coatings inChinaShenzhen Daman, one of the leading powdermilk can producers in China, granted PPG Goldstatus as a result of our dedication to coatingsinnovation, exceptional customer service and astrong understanding of Chinese food safety andenvironmental protection regulations.

DURANAR SUNSTORM coatingnamed among top products byBD&C magazineDURANAR® SUNSTORM® coating by PPG wasselected by readers and editors of BD&Cmagazine as one the top building products of2016. The coating, which features PPG’sproprietary 70-percent polyvinylidene fluoride(PVDF) formulation inflected with pearlescentflake, was among 34 products selected in the“building envelope” category.

PPG honored by John DeereAchieving Excellence ProgramOur industrial coatings business again earnedrecognition as a partner-level supplier for 2015 inthe John Deere Achieving Excellence Program.The partner-level status is Deere & Company’shighest supplier rating, and we were selected forthe honor in recognition of our dedication toproviding products and service of outstandingquality and our commitment to continuousimprovement.

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