PPG Total Service Solutions Wins Its First Chemical and Process Management Contract in China

TROY, Mich., June 8 -- PPG Total Service Solutions recently signed a contract with Wuxi Vehicle Body Co. to provide the vehicle manufacturer with a chemical and process management program at its facility in Wuxi, China. Initial implementation of the program -- the supplier's first comprehensive product and service program in China -- began in March.

PPG Total Service Solutions is providing the facility -- which produces the Soya and Unique -- all indirect materials and chemicals associated with the coatings application process, including detackification and paint line cleaning solvents, consumables and lab equipment. In addition to the program, PPG is also supplying all the materials required for the coatings application process.

"This program enables PPG to demonstrate its broad product portfolio and expertise in processing and coating vehicles by implementing a service program and providing coatings materials," said Vincent Robin, managing director of PPG automotive, Asia Pacific.

"The extensive chemical and process management experience of our PPG Total Service Solutions team is a perfect match for the needs of this start-up company," said Scott A. Follett, global director, PPG Total Service Solutions. "With a knowledgeable on-site team to manage and maintain its paint line, the Wuxi Vehicle Body Co. will be able to better focus on manufacturing vehicles."

PPG Total Service Solutions operates more than 100 service programs in 12 countries.

The only program of its kind to be offered by a global coatings supplier, PPG Total Service Solutions assists manufacturers with implementing turn-key outsourcing programs, such as chemical and fluid management, process management and logistics. In addition, the team offers booth maintenance chemicals, paint detackification products, purge solvents and paint line cleaners and can provide the personnel to launch and implement these products and processes.

PPG Total Service Solutions -- based in Troy, Mich. -- is a leader in providing manufacturers with a cost-effective structured management program that assists in the implementation of a global standard for service.

Pittsburgh-based PPG is the world's leading manufacturer of transportation coatings and a global supplier of industrial and packaging coatings, and a leading North American producer of architectural coatings. In addition, PPG manufactures flat and fabricated glass, continuous-strand fiber glass and chemicals. Sales were US$8.8 billion in 2003.