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Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company was founded in 1883 by Captain John Baptiste Ford and John Pitcairn, Jr., at Creighton, Pennsylvania. PPG soon became the United States' first commercially successful producer of high-quality, thick flat glass using the plate process.
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Glidden website Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine; Jap-A-Lac, Glidden Varnish Company, 1890 Archived 2016-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Digital Library.
A list of manufacturing companies based in Pittsburgh and its metropolitan area as defined within our parent category: Category:Companies based in Pittsburgh. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
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In 1986 focusses to paint and specialty products with the purchase of Beatrice's Chemicals Division and Glidden Paint. [17] In 1993 ICI demerged its bioscience business, splitting into two the publicly listed companies: ICI and Zeneca. The latter would later go onto merge with Astra AB, forming the current pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca. [18]
The plant was constructed as part of the expansion of the paint and varnish division of what is now PPG Industries based in Pittsburgh. The building is four stories, 200 feet long, with a brick-clad exterior and a graceful glass tower at the northwest corner. It was designed by the firm of Eschweiler & Eschweiler. Hallmarks of the Art Moderne ...