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Glidden is an American paint brand, manufactured by PPG Industries. Glidden was purchased by British conglomerate ICI in 1986, which in turn was later acquired by Dutch conglomerate AkzoNobel in 2008.
Glidden McLellan Parker, Jr. (1913 – 1980) was an American artist and designer who is best known for his work in ceramics and stained glass. He established Glidden Pottery in Alfred, New York and later was chief designer for Glass Art Studio in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Glidden Pottery was also recognized in the Good Design shows at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and at Merchandise Mart in Chicago. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] In 1949, Glidden Pottery started producing some of the ware using a RAM press , which was a newly developed process for shaping clay products by pressing clay between two molds or dies.
PPG expanded quickly. By 1900, known as the "Glass Trust", it included 10 plants, had a 65 percent share of the U.S. plate glass market, and had become the nation's second largest producer of paint. [4] Today, known as PPG Industries, the company is a multibillion-dollar, Fortune 500 corporation with 150 manufacturing locations around the world.
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Francis Harrington Glidden (1832–1922) was an American businessman best known for founding the company now known as the Glidden Company, which became a subsidiary of Akzo Nobel NV [1] before that company sold the Glidden business to PPG Industries, Inc. in 2012.
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Kelly-Moore Paints store in Sunnyvale, California. Kelly-Moore Paints was an American paint manufacturing company. Founded in 1946 by William Kelly and William Moore in San Carlos, California, it moved its headquarters from there to Irving, Texas, in 2023.