PPG Completes COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project in Clayton, Victoria, Australia

November 3, 2015 | By Business Wire News

PITTSBURGH

PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) today announced the completion of a COLORFUL COMMUNITIES™ charitable-giving project at the site of the soon-to-open Monash Children’s Hospital in Clayton, Victoria, Australia. The Colorful Communities program provided PPG employee volunteers and products to bring color to the hospital site along with a team of local primary school students. Launched earlier this year, the program expands PPG’s investment in communities where the company operates around the world by committing an additional $10 million over 10 years.

An enthusiastic group of 100 students from about 15 local primary schools worked together with about 30 PPG volunteers last Monday and Wednesday, using TAUBMANS™ SUNPROOF™ paint by PPG to add murals to the board fence, or hoarding, surrounding the hospital construction site in Clayton. The activity sought to engage local schools and schoolchildren, who designed and put their artistic touches – from a genie-inspired cloud of hearts to a floral design to a jungle scene – on sections of the board fence that will be moved inside the hospital when construction is completed.

Through the Colorful Communities program that PPG launched earlier this year, the company donated all supplies for the activity, including more than 110 liters of TaubmansSunproof paint, brushes, rollers, sun hats and T-shirts. PPG volunteers helped the students realize their creative visions and support the hospital that will serve children in their community by setting up paint stations and mixing colors for them.

“We’ve loved helping the students add their signature, colorful creations to the hoarding around the hospital site,” said Fiona King, PPG retail senior brand manager based in Clayton. “We are also excited that Airbrush Venturi Founder Tony Vowles created two replica airbrushed portraits for Monash to auction at their upcoming gala, with the proceeds helping fund state-of-the-art pediatric surgical simulation units for the new Monash Children’s Hospital.”

This is the first Colorful Communities project for PPG in Australia and builds on the company’s existing relationship with the Monash Health Foundation. PPG and employees at its coatings plant in Clayton have supported the foundation with funding as well as paints for the new Monash Children’s Hospital.

The PPG Colorful Communities initiative aims to enhance, protect and beautify the neighborhoods where the company operates. Together with community partners and PPG employee volunteers, the program supports projects that transform community assets using donated PPG products. Other Colorful Communities projects involved revitalizing and improving the safety of a playground in Poland; transforming classrooms and corridors, and adding to the science curriculum, at a charter school in Pittsburgh; and brightening a learning unit in Bursa, Turkey, that serves local children who have limited access to education.

The Colorful Communities program is currently engaged with a number of communities and expects to complete more than 14 projects in 2015 in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. PPG has completed seven other Colorful Communities projects to date: in the United States, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, Turkey, South Korea and China.

In 2014, PPG and the PPG Industries Foundation donated more than $5.7 million to hundreds of community organizations across 24 countries around the world. These investments focused on: education programs that teach young people skills needed to succeed in studies and careers related to science, technology, engineering and math, such as jobs in advanced manufacturing; revitalization programs for buildings and community spaces; and organizations important to employees through grant and matching-funds programs.

PPG Industries and the PPG Industries Foundation aim to create brighter, more colorful communities where PPG has a presence around the world. By investing in educational opportunities, we help grow today’s skilled workforce and develop tomorrow’s innovators in industries related to coatings and specialty materials. With the support of our workforce, financial contributions and PPG products, we help revitalize our communities. Plus, we empower PPG employees to make an impact for causes that are important to them by supporting their volunteer efforts and charitable giving. Learn more at www.ppgcommunities.com.

About Monash Health Foundation

Monash Health Foundation is the charitable funding foundation of the Monash Health group – Victoria’s leading integrated health service servicing the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne. They offer the local community quality patient health care across the entire lifespan from pre-birth to palliative care, for all groups and stages of life. Monash are recognized by the World Health Organization as a registered health promotion body, and their core community of over 961,182 people depend on them for all aspects of its public health care, with services available to a greater population of 1.344 million people. More than 14,000 staff work at more than 40 sites, admitting over 221,000 hospital patients, handling more than 193,000 emergency presentations and delivering more than 9,300 babies.

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.

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