Colonel john ford and John Pitcairn established the Pittsburgh Flat Glass Factory (PPG). The original factory is located in Crayton, Pennsylvania, USA, on the Allegheny River, 20 miles north of Pittsburgh. PPG is the first company in the United States to successfully produce high-quality thick plate glass through coating process. At the same time, PPG is also the first flat glass factory in the world that uses local natural gas resources as kiln fuel. This innovation makes the purified combustion gas as industrial fuel quickly swept the world.
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The company developed the technological process of producing ultra-thin glass by coating technology, which further expanded the application scope of high-quality glass. /kloc-By the end of 0/9th century, the annual output of PPG flat glass has exceeded 20 million square feet, far exceeding the competitors in the same industry in the United States.
In the 20th century, with an eye to the future development, PPG acquired Barton Coatings Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, which is very beneficial to the development of PPG, because its coatings and glass products are sold to customers through the same distribution channels. PPG also acquired Columbia Chemical Company in barberton, Ohio to ensure adequate chlor-alkali products for glass production. PPG is one of the first American companies to enter the European market. During this period, the company acquired a glass factory in Belgium. PPG established its first R&D organization-today, PPG has three R&D organizations in Pittsburgh and several R&D organizations around the world. In the 1920s, with the boxcar gradually replacing the convertible, the demand for glass in the automobile industry also showed an upward trend. PPG adopts innovative flat glass production technology. PPG began to produce aviation glass, such as rolled glass windows of Ford three-engine aircraft. PPG acquired Ditzler Paint Company and began to produce more than 500 colors for more than 40 automobile manufacturers.