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PPG Announces CCS Student Winners
DETROIT, Jan. 12, 2005 – Automotive glass maker PPG Industries challenged students at Detroit’s College for Creative Studies (CCS) to develop concepts for a premium compact vehicle using unique window system styling to capture the buyer’s fancy. Designs that earned the competition’s top honors show how glass can differentiate a vehicle by creating dramatic exterior styling and the feel of an open interior for a pleasing ride.

PPG Presents CCS Students With Auto Glass Design Awards and Scholarships
DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2004--Tomorrow's automotive designers see hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles as not only environmentally friendly but also friendly to innovative glass applications, giving them the freedom to create vehicles with gondola-like glass tops, independent glass-enclosed pods and gullwing glass roofs.

2004 Dodge Durango features Safe and Sound automotive glass by PPG
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 18, 2003 – The 2004 Dodge Durango features side windows, or sidelights, made of Safe and Sound automotive glass by PPG Industries in the Chrysler Group's first use of the laminated glass windows as standard equipment, helping to reduce cabin noise and protect against break-ins.

Aquapel glass treatment by PPG enhances safety of 2004 Lexus RX330
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 2, 2003 – PPG Industries will provide Aquapel rain-repellant glass treatment as an original-equipment application to improve visibility for the front side windows as part of a safety package on the Lexus RX330 – the manufacturer's first model to be produced in North America.

Chrysler PT Dream Cruiser Series 3 Features Solextra Glass by PPG
PITTSBURGH (BUSINESS WIRE), Oct. 21, 2003 - The Chrysler Groups' newest PT Dream Cruiser features Solextra blue-tinted automotive original equipment glass by PPG Industries in the first North American use of colored glass as standard equipment for aesthetic value in a production vehicle.

PPG Presents CCS Students with Auto Glass Design Awards
DETROIT, Jan. 8, 2003 - In a competition sponsored by glassmaker PPG Industries, winning designs by students of Detroit's College for Creative Studies (CCS) show how glass can provide differentiation while adding utility, style, luxury, comfort and convenience for a 2008 vehicle.

PPG Enhanced Performance Glazing Launched as Standard on Lincoln Aviator
PITTSBURGH, May 6, 2002 -- Inside and out, the front door windows on the new Lincoln Aviator will be like no other on any OEM-made North American vehicle. Designed and produced by PPG Industries, the laminated front door windows offer enhanced security from the outside and a quieter ride inside.

Lincoln Aviator Gets Laminated Side Windows
AutoTech Daily--May 2, 2002--The new Lincoln Aviator SUV will be the first U.S-built vehicle to use laminated glass for its front side windows, according to supplier PPG Industries. The application also is the first in the world to use PPG's thinner glass design, which allows automakers to install laminated sidelights in the same door channel used for tempered windows. The Aviator is due late this summer.

PPG Presents CCS Students With Auto Glass Design Awards
DETROIT, Jan. 9, 2002 – While dark glass on today’s vehicles provides passenger privacy and symbolizes status, tomorrow’s automotive designers see glass tops, spanning from the windshield across the roof to the back window, on luxury vehicles so that occupants can see and be seen.

PPG Presents CCS Students With Auto Glass Design Awards
DETROIT--(AutomotiveWire)--Jan. 11, 2001--Tomorrow's automotive designers see glass as the medium that will transform the size, shape and interior environment of vehicles for added functionality and distinctive aesthetics...