PPG Completes COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project at Santa Clara Elementary School in Miami

MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced the completion of a COLORFUL COMMUNITIES™
project in collaboration with HandsOn
Miami that helped revitalize Santa Clara Elementary School. The Colorful
Communities program provides PPG volunteers and paint products along
with financial contributions to bring color and vitality to communities
where the company operates around the world, such as in Miami, where PPG
has 16 PPG PAINTS™ stores and plans to open five more in 2018.

The project brought together 110 PPG global leaders as part of an annual
global leadership meeting as well as 20 local PPG employees. The
volunteers spent a combined 385 hours revitalizing the school’s outdoor
science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education classroom,
hallways, cafeteria and the library. PPG provided a $10,000 PPG
Foundation grant to support educational programs and 100 gallons of PPG
Paints products. Volunteers painted the facility with inspirational
quotes and popular book characters in a palette of over 30 PPG Paints
colors. The colors were chosen to create a bright, engaging space that
encourages creativity, collaboration and learning.

“We are grateful for the support of socially responsible companies like
PPG who are willing to roll their sleeves up to make a difference for
our young people”, said Dale Mandell, CEO of HandsOn Miami. “Through
collaboration and service, we are able to create truly meaningful impact
in our community.”

A focal point of the newly-renovated school will be an outdoor classroom
that brings STEM curriculum to life, providing educators an innovative
way to teach hands-on STEM subjects. Because the school believes STEM
touches all subjects, all teachers will be welcomed to utilize the area.
In addition, they will use the garden area to promote sustainable living
and healthy eating by growing fruits and vegetables.

“Improving a learning environment can help motivate, inspire and engage
students,” said Victor Echevarria, PPG regional sales manager,
Architectural Coatings. “Art and color are embedded in the Miami
community. PPG is proud to contribute to this vibrant culture and give
back to a school that needs it most.”

The Colorful Communities program, PPG’s signature initiative for
supporting communities, aims to protect and beautify the neighborhoods
where PPG operates around the world. Through Colorful Communities,
PPG’s committed volunteers contribute their time and PPG paint products
to help transform community assets – from painting classrooms, to
bringing color to a maternity ward and redesigning a playground. Since
2015, PPG has completed more than 125 Colorful Communities
projects, impacting more than 4 million people in 23 countries.

PPG and the PPG Foundation aim to bring color and brightness to PPG
communities around the world. We invested more than $10.5 million in
2017, supporting hundreds of community organizations across 29
countries. By investing in educational opportunities, we help grow
today’s skilled workforce and develop tomorrow’s innovators in fields
related to coatings and manufacturing. Plus, we empower PPG employees to
multiply their impact for causes that are important to them by
supporting their volunteer efforts and charitable giving. Learn more at www.ppgcommunities.com
and follow @PPG_Communities
on Twitter.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™

At PPG (NYSE:PPG), we work every day to develop and deliver the paints,
coatings and materials that our customers have trusted for more than 130
years. Through dedication and creativity, we solve our customers’
biggest challenges, collaborating closely to find the right path
forward. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, we operate and innovate in
more than 70 countries and reported net sales of $14.8 billion in 2017.
We serve customers in construction, consumer products, industrial and
transportation markets and aftermarkets. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com.

We protect and beautify the world, PPG Paints and Colorful
Communities are trademarks and the PPG Logo is a registered
trademark of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.

Contacts

PPG Media Contact:
Mark Silvey, 412-434-3046
Corporate
Communications
silvey@ppg.com
or
Greta
Edgar, 412-434-2445
Corporate Communications
edgar@ppg.com
www.ppgcommunities.com