PPG Completes COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project at Le Grand Cerf Vocational School in Bezons, France
October 20 2017 - 4:02AM
Business Wire
PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced the completion of a COLORFUL
COMMUNITIES™ project at Le Grand Cerf public vocational school in
Bezons, France, about 6 miles from Paris. The Colorful Communities
program provides PPG volunteers and products along with financial
contributions to bring color and vitality to communities where the
company operates around the world, such as in Bezons, where PPG
manufactures sealants for the automotive and aerospace markets.
The project brought together more than 50 PPG volunteers, who
revitalized the school’s lobby and adjacent outdoor space over
three days. PPG provided more than $37,000 to assist with the
project, including about 80 liters of its SEIGNEURIE® paint
products. PPG Color Service experts met with the school’s staff to
select the primarily blue and yellow color palette to create a
friendly and bright learning environment.
Project volunteers painted walls and furniture, planted shrubs
and decorated both spaces. More than 350 students and 50 staff and
faculty will be positively impacted by their efforts, which
provided inviting Wi-Fi-accessible areas in which to eat lunch,
take a break and work.
The project united employees from PPG’s architectural coatings
site in Rueil, aerospace plant in Bezons and automotive refinish
facility in Gennevilliers, all of which are based in the Ile de
France region. Some of the locations’ employees were former
students of the school, while others have children who are current
or former students.
“We wanted to make the school environment more colorful and
vibrant to encourage students to become more engaged in their
education,” said Florence Nony, PPG human resources director,
France and Iberia. “This project also demonstrates the commitment
of our company and employee volunteers to give back to our
communities by helping beautify and restore important community
resources.”
The Colorful Communities program is PPG’s signature initiative
for community engagement efforts, with the aim to protect and
beautify the neighborhoods where PPG operates around the world. The
program increases PPG’s commitment to invest in communities and
supports projects that transform community assets, providing PPG
volunteers and donated PPG products. In 2015 and 2016 combined, PPG
completed nearly 60 Colorful Communities projects, and it expects
to complete about 75 more this year.
PPG and the PPG Foundation aim to bring color and brightness to
PPG communities around the world. We donated nearly $9.8 million in
2016, supporting hundreds of community organizations across 25
countries. By investing in educational opportunities, we help grow
today’s skilled workforce and develop tomorrow’s innovators in
fields related to coatings and manufacturing. Plus, we empower PPG
employees to multiply their impact for causes that are important to
them by supporting their volunteer efforts and charitable giving.
Learn more at www.ppgcommunities.com and follow @PPG_Communities on
Twitter.
PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™At PPG (NYSE:PPG),
we work every day to develop and deliver the paints, coatings and
materials that our customers have trusted for more than 130 years.
Through dedication and creativity, we solve our customers’ biggest
challenges, collaborating closely to find the right path forward.
With headquarters in Pittsburgh, we operate and innovate in more
than 70 countries and reported net sales of $14.3 billion in 2016.
We serve customers in construction, consumer products, industrial
and transportation markets and aftermarkets. To learn more, visit
www.ppg.com.
We protect and beautify the world and Colorful Communities are
trademarks and the PPG Logo is a registered trademark of PPG
Industries Ohio, Inc.Seigneurie is a trademark of PPG AC -
France.
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