PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced that it has completed the sale of its flat glass manufacturing and glass coatings operations to Vitro S.A.B. de C.V., a leading producer of flat glass and specialty products.

The sale includes PPG’s entire flat glass manufacturing and glass coatings operations, including production sites located in Fresno, California; Salem, Oregon; Carlisle, Pennsylvania; and Wichita Falls, Texas; four distribution/fabrication facilities located across Canada; and a research-and-development center located in Harmar, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. The business manufactures glass that is fabricated into products used primarily in commercial and residential construction.

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