PPG to Announce Fourth Quarter 2008 Results Jan. 16

PITTSBURGH January 7, 2009: PPG Industries announces the following details for its fourth quarter earnings release and teleconference call.

Earnings release:

Friday, Jan. 16, before U.S. stock markets open

Friday, Jan. 16, 10 a.m. ET

b>PPG participants:

Charles E. Bunch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

William H. Hernandez, Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief

Financial Officer

David B. Navikas, Vice President and Controller

Vincent J. Morales, Vice President, Investor Relations

Dial-in numbers:

U.S. – 866-713-8395

International – 617-597-5309

Passcode: 88230946

Webcast:

Listen-only mode via Internet broadcast from PPG’s Investor Center

at www.ppg.com (Windows Media Player)

Telephone replay:

Available beginning at approximately 1 p.m. ET, Friday, Jan. 16, through 5 p.m. ET, Friday, Jan. 30

Replay numbers:

U.S. – 888-286-8010

International – 617-801-6888

Available on PPG’s Investor Center beginning at approximately 1 p.m. ET, Friday, Jan. 16, through Thursday, Dec. 31