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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

PPG Industries To Open Regional Headquarters For Its Architectural Coatings Division In Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania

09/26/2014
PPG Industries will open an 118,000 square foot regional headquarters for its architectural coatings business in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. A leading coatings and specialty materials company, PPG will consolidate operations from Louisville, Kentucky; Dover, Delaware; and Strongsville, Ohio at its Butler County facility.

“We are pleased to celebrate the opening of this new facility as it strengthens PPG’s presence in Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh region, where we’ve called home for more than 130 years,” said Charles E. Bunch, PPG Chairman/CEO, at today’s grand opening ceremony. “The Governor has been an advocate for businesses in the state. We appreciate his efforts in Harrisburg to create an atmosphere that encourages business growth and development. Proof of his efforts is being celebrated today with the opening of this new regional headquarters for PPG’s architectural coatings business.”

As part of this project, PPG will also expand and co-locate its North American Architectural Coatings research and development activities, laboratory equipment and personnel that are presently located at the company’s Springdale, Allegheny County, and Strongsville, Ohio locations to Harmar Township, Allegheny County. The Technology Center in Harmar Township currently includes PPG’s glass and fiber glass business and research and development activities.

Both projects – establishing the new headquarters in Cranberry and expanding the R&D facility in Springdale and Harmar - are expected to generate an investment in excess of $14 million for infrastructure, equipment and employee training, and PPG is projected to create more than 300 jobs and retain another 2,500 positions throughout the state.

The company received a funding offer from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development including a $1,250,000 Pennsylvania First Program grant, $618,000 in Job Creation Tax Credits and a $139,050 Guaranteed Free Training grant which will be used to train its new workforce. In addition, a $2 million loan from the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority to be repaid within 15 years was also included.

The project was coordinated by the Governor’s Action Team in collaboration with The Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Allegheny County and Butler County. “Throughout the Pittsburgh region and the entire commonwealth, we are seeing well-known, well-respected Pennsylvania companies like PPG choosing our Keystone State as the best place to build their businesses, create jobs, and grow our economy,” said Gov. Tom Corbett. “Government should be an advocate, not an adversary to creating jobs, and we are building a stronger Pennsylvania by making sure our commonwealth remains the best place to live, work and thrive. This is a great day for PPG and a great day for Pennsylvania.”

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