PPG Held 2007 Zhejiang SMC Forum in Hangzhou

August 10th, 2007— PPG Paints Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. held 2007 Zhejiang SMC Forum at Sofitel Xanadu Resort Hangzhou. About 200 Senior Managers from Zhejiang Automotive After-Market attended meeting. The participants include 4S bodyshop general managers and service managers, International MM and Joint-Venture MM representatives, Officers of Zhejiang Communication Department.

The topics of the meeting including:
-Automotive After-market Overview
-How to find new business opportunity and diliminate invisible waste
-How to improve efficiency of bodyshop, Fast repair and Fast Circle
-Color consumption psychology
-Paints safety and its impact on human health & Envrionment

Since 2005, PPG has held SMC Forums over the past three years in North, South and Central China market to improve operation efficiency and management level of the whole industry.

About PPG

Pittsburgh-based PPG is a global supplier of paints, coatings, chemicals, optical products, specialty materials, glass and fiber glass. The company employs more than 34,000 people and has 125 manufacturing facilities and equity affiliates in more than 25 countries. Sales in 2006 were $11 billion. PPG shares are traded on the New York and Philadelphia stock exchanges (symbol: PPG). For more information, visit www.ppg.com。

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