PPG Earns Prestigious R&D 100 Awards for Paints, Coatings and Adhesives Technologies for Automotive and Building Construction
November 20 2017 - 1:21PM
Business Wire
PPG (NYSE: PPG) today announced that two of its paints, coatings
and adhesives technologies have earned 2017 R&D 100 awards in
the Mechanical Devices/Materials category. PPG’s Premium Compact
Process Primer and LIQUID NAILS® FUZE*IT® All Surface adhesive
received top marks according to judges for the 55th annual
awards.
“PPG is committed to developing innovative paints, coatings and
specialty materials that enable our customers to be more efficient,
effective and sustainable,” said David Bem, PPG vice president,
science and technology, and chief technology officer. “The R&D
100 award is one of the most sought-after recognitions for
innovation, and PPG is proud to utilize its broad, cross-industry
expertise to develop products that provide solutions and drive an
evolving marketplace forward.”
The award-winning products include:
PPG Premium Compact Process Primer
While 70 percent of the energy consumed in automotive OEM
assembly plants is traditionally attributed to painting operations,
the PPG Premium Compact Process Primer lowers cost, emissions and
complexity by allowing the wet-on-wet-on-wet application of a
primer, base coat and clearcoat, without any heated flash-off zones
in between. This high solids, specially engineered primer expands
the compact paint process to a wider range of vehicles than
previously possible by meeting stringent appearance, performance
and throughput requirements.
Liquid Nails Fuze*It All Surface construction
adhesive
Liquid Nails Fuze*It All Surface construction adhesive is an
innovative addition to the construction industry for both
professional and do-it-yourself (DIY) customers. The
first-of-its-kind product with a proprietary hybrid-polymer formula
takes the guesswork and uncertainty out of adhesive selection, and
allows the freedom and flexibility to use a single product for a
multitude of tasks. With two times the strength of fasteners alone,
it bonds nearly all materials in any weather conditions, including
temperatures ranging from -40 F to 300 F, and on surfaces that are
dry, frozen or wet.
PPG’s family of non-chrome corrosion inhibitive aerospace
sealants received the R&D Special Recognition Award. PPG’s
ENVIROCRON® Extreme Protection powder coating system and
AUDIOGUARD® polymer damping material technology were also nominated
as finalists in the R&D 100 Mechanical Devices/Materials
category.
In 2016, 31 percent of PPG’s total sales were derived from
sustainable products and processes, such as these award-winning
coatings and adhesives. PPG’s goal is to achieve 40 percent sales
from sustainable products by 2020. Additional information is
available in the company’s Sustainability Report.
The R&D 100 Awards Committee and R&D Magazine honor the
100 most innovative technologies and services of the past year with
the R&D 100 Awards. PPG has won 24 R&D 100 Awards through
the years.
About the R&D 100 Awards
Since 1963, the R&D 100 Awards program has identified
revolutionary technologies newly introduced to the market and
celebrated the top technology products of the year. Past winners
have included sophisticated testing equipment, innovative new
materials, chemistry breakthroughs, biomedical products, consumer
items and high-energy physics spanning industry, academia and
government-sponsored research.
About R&D Magazine
Since its founding in 1959 as Industrial Research, R&D
Magazine (www.rdmag.com) has served research scientists, engineers,
and technical staff at laboratories around the world, providing
timely, informative news and useful technical articles that broaden
readers’ knowledge of the research and development industry and
improve the quality of their work. R&D Magazine is a
publication of the Advantage Business Media Science Group, with
sister brands including Laboratory Equipment, Bioscience
Technology, Drug Discovery & Development, Laboratory Design,
Scientific Computing, and Controlled Environments.
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 is a trademark and Audioguard,
Envirocron and the PPG Logo are registered trademarks of PPG
Industries Ohio, Inc.Fuze*It and Liquid Nails are registered
trademarks of the PPG Group of Companies.
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PPGMark Silvey, Corporate Communications,
412-434-3046silvey@ppg.comorGreta Edgar, Corporate Communications,
412-434-2445edgar@ppg.comwww.ppg.com
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