PPG Completes COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project at Wadih Jorge Maluf School in Sumaré, Brazil
September 18 2018 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
PPG (NYSE: PPG) today announced the completion of a COLORFUL
COMMUNITIES™ project in Sumaré, São Paulo, Brazil, that helped
revitalize the Wadih Jorge Maluf School in the Matão district. 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
Sumaré, where PPG has a manufacturing facility, an administrative
office and a customer application center.
The project brought together approximately 250 PPG and community
volunteers who spent a day revitalizing various spaces throughout
the public school. PPG provided nearly 550 liters (145 gallons) of
RENNER® paint and all painting materials.
Volunteers painted the school’s sports court, internal and
external walls and student entrance courtyard. The color palette
included a variety of colorful and bright colors to create warm and
cheerful spaces for the school’s 1,200 students from elementary to
high school.
“PPG is committed to giving back to the communities where we
operate, and I believe that having our employees involved in this
mission makes it even more meaningful and valuable,” said Márcio
Grossmann, PPG general manager, Latin America South, and project
volunteer.
This is the sixth Colorful Communities project in Brazil since
the program’s launch in 2015 and the second project in 2018. In
Sumaré, Colorful Communities projects have helped revitalize the
Municipal Early Child Education School Alfredo Castro Donaire and
the Volcano Project. The Centro de Integração da Criança Especial
(Center for the Integration of the Special Children), Instituto do
Câncer Infantil (Child Cancer Institute) and the Public School José
Maurício in Porto Alegre also were recipients of Colorful
Communities projects.
The Colorful Communities program, PPG’s signature initiative for
supporting communities, aims to protect and beautify the
neighborhoods where PPG operates around the world. Through the
Colorful Communities program, PPG’s committed volunteers contribute
their time and PPG paint products to help transform community
assets – from painting classrooms, to bringing color to a maternity
ward and redesigning a playground. Since 2015, PPG has completed
more than 170 Colorful Communities projects, impacting more than 5
million people in 25 countries.
PPG and the PPG Foundation aim to bring color and brightness to
PPG communities around the world. We invested more than $10.5
million in 2017, supporting hundreds of community organizations
across 29 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.
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
135 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 $14.7
billion in 2017. 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.Renner is a registered trademark of Renner
Herrmann S.A. and Renner Sayerlack S.A., used under license.
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PPG Corporate Communications, BrazilRaquel Klemz, (19)
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BrasilVanessa Nardo, (11) 5090-8912vanessa.nardo@ketchum.com.br
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