Former Business Units
PPG industries also once included:
- Biomedical Systems: created by the purchase (in 1986 and 1987) of the medical electronics divisions of Honeywell, Litton Industries, and Allegheny International. The biomedical systems division manufactured cardiac recording equipment, patient-monitoring systems, electrocardiogram instruments, defibrillators, and other products. The division lost money, in part because of high research and development costs, and was split up and sold to several companies during 1993–1995.
- Automotive Glass and Replacement Glass and Services: Fabricated and distributed replacement windshields and auto glass as well as original equipment automotive glass. Provided software and services linking the automotive aftermarket, insurance, and fleet industries. Included LYNX Services claims-management solutions, PPG PROSTARS retail auto glass marketing alliance and Aquapel (glass treatment). This business unit was divested in 2007. Today the unit is named Pittsburgh Glass Works (PGW), Which is owned by Kohlberg & Company, LLC
- Fine Chemicals: Produced advanced intermediates and bulk active ingredients for the pharmaceutical industry, and phosgene derivatives used in plastics, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and other industries. This business unit was divested in 2007.
- Commodity Chemicals -Clor-Alkali and Derivatives: PPG spun off the commodities unit and merged it with Georgia Gulf in a deal valued at about $2 billion.
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