EXHIBIT 99
[PPG logo]
PPG Industries, Inc.
NEWS One PPG Place
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15272 USA
www.ppg.com
CONTACT:
Jeff Worden
412-434-3046
INVESTORS:
Douglas B. Atkinson
412-434-2120
BUNCH ELECTED TO PPG INDUSTRIES BOARD
PITTSBURGH, July 18, 2002 -- Directors of PPG Industries today elected Charles
E. Bunch a member of the company's board.
Bunch, 52, became president and chief operating officer of PPG earlier this
month. Previously, he was executive vice president, coatings, and senior vice
president, strategic planning and corporate services, for PPG.
Bunch joined the company in 1979 as an assistant to the corporate controller,
holding accounting and financial analyst assignments at glass plants in Indiana
and Alabama. In 1982 he was appointed manager of European financial analysis in
Paris.
He was named manager of European flat glass and commercial products in 1985, and
the following year became managing director of PPG's Italian glass subsidiary.
He returned to Pittsburgh in 1987 as corporate director of distribution and then
assumed additional responsibility for purchasing. He was named general manager
of architectural coatings in 1992, vice president of that unit in 1994, and vice
president, fiber glass, in 1995. He was elected senior vice president in 1997
and executive vice president in early 2000.
Founded in 1883, Pittsburgh-based PPG is a global supplier of coatings, glass,
fiber glass and chemicals, with 120 manufacturing locations and equity
affiliates in 24 countries. Sales in 2001 were $8.2 billion.