As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 1994 	 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Pennsylvania 25-0730780 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) One PPG Place Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15272 (Address of Principal (Zip Code) Executive Offices) PPG INDUSTRIES EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN (Full title of the plan) W. H. Hernandez, Vice President and Controller One PPG Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15272 (Name and address of agent for service) (412) 434-2110 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ______________________ CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Proposed maximum Proposed maxi- Amount of Title of securities Amount to be offering price mum aggregate registration to be registered registered per share offering price fee PPG Industries, Inc. Common Stock, par 2,000,000 $71.5625 (a) $143,125,000 (a) $49,353.45 value $1.66 2/3 per share (In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.) <FN> (a)	Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of shares of the Common Stock of PPG Industries, Inc. reported in the consolidated reporting system on April 20, 1994. The contents of Registration Statement No. 33-50294 on Form S-8 of PPG Industries, Inc. are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference. In accordance with Rule 429 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, the Prospectus used in connection with the Securities covered by this Registration Statement on Form S-8 shall also be used in connection with the securities covered by Registration Statement No. 33-50294 on Form S-8 of PPG Industries, Inc. This is page one of 16 pages. The Exhibit Index is on page 3. SIGNATURES The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1994. PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. By /s/ W. H. Hernandez W. H. Hernandez Vice President and Controller and Acting Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Signature Capacity Date /s/ Jerry E. Dempsey Director and Chairman of ) J. E. Dempsey the Board of Directors ) and President (Chief ) Executive Officer) ) ) ) ) ) /s/ W. H. Hernandez Vice President and Controller ) W. H. Hernandez (Acting Principal Financial ) April 21, 1994 and Accounting Officer) ) ) LUCIE J. FJELDSTAD, ) STANLEY C. GAULT, ) ALLEN J. KROWE, ) STEVEN C. MASON, HAROLD A. ) MCINNES, ROBERT MEHRABIAN, ) VINCENT A SARNI, DAVID G. VICE, ) DAVID R. WHITWAM, ) Directors ) By /s/Jerry E. Dempsey ) Attorney-in-fact ) J. E. Dempsey ) The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustee (or other person who administers the employee benefit plan) has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 21st day of April, 1994. PPG INDUSTRIES EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN By /s/ Kerry A. Rowles Kerry A. Rowles, Administrator of the Plan - - 2 - EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Sequential No. Page No. 5 Opinion and consent of Guy A. Zoghby, 4 Vice President and General Counsel of the Registrant. 23.1 Consent of Independent Auditors. 6 23.2 Consent of Counsel--contained in 4 opinion filed as Exhibit No. 5 24 Powers of Attorney. 7