PPG Names Orcutt Vice President of Flat Glass

    PITTSBURGH--Feb. 13, 2003--Mark J. Orcutt, president, PPG Auto Glass, has been appointed vice president of flat glass for PPG Industries , effective March 1.
    He succeeds Barry J. McGee, who last month was appointed vice president of PPG's automotive original equipment glass business effective the same date.
    "Mark is a proven leader with keen strategic insights and extensive experience in the glass industry," said Charles E. Bunch, PPG president and chief operating officer. "His expertise and knowledge in the glass industry, and his management experience at PPG locations in the United States and Canada will serve him well in his new position."
    Orcutt joined PPG in 1981 as a sales and marketing trainee in the company's flat glass branch in Houston. He became project supervisor for PPG's commercial construction group, first at Houston and later at Los Angeles. In 1985, Orcutt moved to Hartford, Conn., where he rose to the position of area sales manager for commercial products, and in 1989 he moved to Minneapolis, where his last position was senior account manager, trade glass.
    Orcutt was appointed general sales manager of flat glass for PPG Canada in 1992. He moved from Toronto to Pittsburgh in 1995 when he assumed the director of sales and marketing position for automotive replacement glass. He assumed his current position when the PPG Auto Glass joint venture with Apogee Enterprises was formed in 2000.
    A native of Oneida, N.Y., Orcutt earned his bachelor's degree in economics and master's degree in business administration from Lehigh University.
    Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries is a global supplier of coatings, glass, fiber glass and chemicals, with 120 manufacturing facilities and equity affiliates in 23 countries. Sales were $8.1 billion in 2002.