PPG originally meant Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, which describes what the company did when it was founded in 1883 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was created to manufacture high-quality flat plate glass for windows, mirrors, and later automotive glass, and it was the first commercially successful plate glass factory in the United States. In the early 1900s, the company expanded into paints and coatings to protect glass and metal and to diversify its business, eventually becoming one of the largest paint makers in the world. In 1968, the company officially changed its legal name to PPG Industries, Inc., and today PPG is not considered an acronym anymore but is the actual corporate name, much like IBM or KFC. In the paint aisle, when you see PPG Paints on a can, it means a product manufactured by PPG Industries using its global coatings technology, resin chemistry, and colorant systems. It represents the company's flagship architectural paint brand in the United States and Canada, positioned as a mid-to-premium line that competes with Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore, and Behr, and it is sold in PPG Paints stores and Home Depot.
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