Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company

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Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company is a major American glass and coatings manufacturer, historically known as one of the world’s leading producers of flat glass and related industrial materials.

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Pittsburgh Plate Glass 1
PPG Industries 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf company
manufacturing company
basedInMetropolitanArea Greater Pittsburgh NERFINISHED
corporateForm public company
country United States of America
surface form: United States
expandedInto chemical products
coatings business
formerNameOf PPG Industries NERFINISHED
foundedBy John Baptiste Ford NERFINISHED
John Pitcairn Jr. NERFINISHED
foundedIn Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
hasAbbreviation PPG NERFINISHED
hasCorporateHeritage PPG Industries brand
hasKeyMaterial coatings
glass
industrial chemicals
hasMainBusiness manufacture of glass and coatings
supply of materials for construction and transportation industries
hasPredecessor Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company NERFINISHED
hasSuccessor PPG Industries NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
historicalHeadquartersCity Pittsburgh NERFINISHED
historicalRole early innovator in plate glass production in the United States
major American glass producer
inception 1883
industry chemicals
coatings
glass
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
notableFor being a leading producer of flat glass in the 20th century
being one of the first U.S. plate glass manufacturers
operatedInSector automotive supply
construction materials
industrial manufacturing
product architectural glass
automotive glass
fiberglass
flat glass
industrial coatings
paints
plate glass
protective coatings
sealants
specialty materials
regionServed North America
global

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Ford City foundedAsCompanyTownFor Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
PPG Industries originalName Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
PPG Industries hasAbbreviationMeaning Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
this entity surface form: Pittsburgh Plate Glass