PPG Aerospace

PPG Aerospace is the aircraft materials business of PPG Industries, a US coatings group. It supplies coatings, sealants, adhesives and aircraft transparencies to manufacturers, airlines and maintenance providers across commercial, regional, military and general aviation. The company's own history dates its aircraft window work to 1927, when it delivered the first window for the Ford Tri-Motor.

Products and services

• Coatings, including removers and cleaners
• Sealants for fuel tanks, fuselage, windshields and conductive uses
• Adhesives
• Transparencies for commercial, regional, military and general aviation aircraft
• Engineered materials
• Custom chemical packaging and chemical management services

PPG also runs the Livery Lab with Aerobrand for airline paint schemes, an Aerospace Academy for training, and a network of Application Support Centers.

History

• 1999: PPG acquired PRC-DeSoto International, the sealants, coatings and packaging maker, and later combined it with its aircraft transparencies business under the PPG Aerospace brand
• 2005: acquisition of Sierracin and Sylmar, composite transparencies specialists
• 2013: Deft Coatings acquired
• 2015: Cuming Microwave acquired, adding radar and microwave absorbers

Company facts

• Transparencies are made at Huntsville, Alabama, USA, and near Milan, Italy
• Window framing facilities in Huntsville and Suzhou, China
• Transparent armor factory in Sylmar, California
• Parent company: PPG Industries