PITTSBURGH, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PPG Industries, Inc. announced today that its Architectural Coatings business unit will execute another round of price increases as a result of rapidly accelerating raw material and energy costs. The increases will be implemented during the third quarter of 2008 across all distribution channels. "The persistent raw material and energy cost increases that we continue to face are impacting every aspect of our business," said Scott Sinetar, Vice President, PPG Architectural Coatings. "We have been extremely aggressive in reducing controllable, internal costs, but these measures cannot sufficiently offset the continuing market-driven inflationary pressures." PPG Architectural Coatings supplies architectural paint and coatings for residential, commercial and industrial uses through home centers, company- owned paint stores and independent dealers nationwide. Its brands include Pittsburgh Paints, Porter Paints, Olympic Paints and Stains, and PPG. About PPG Pittsburgh-based PPG is a global supplier of paints, coatings, chemicals, optical products, specialty materials, glass and fiber glass. The company has more than 150 manufacturing facilities and equity affiliates and operates in more than 60 countries. Sales in 2007 were US$11.2 billion. PPG shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: PPG). For more information, visit http://www.ppg.com/. DATASOURCE: PPG Industries, Inc. CONTACT: Tom Dougherty, Director of Brand Marketing of PPG Industries, Inc., +1-412-434-3458 Web site: http://www.ppg.com/

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