PR & COmms

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PPG (NYSE: PPG) today announced PPG INNOVEL® PRO, an enhanced internal spray coating that uses no bisphenol-A (BPA) or bisphenol starting substances and provides more robust application properties for the infinitely recyclable aluminum beverage can.

PPG Innovel PRO is a next-generation, high-performance acrylic coating that draws on PPG Innovel’s nearly 10 years as the market’s most widely used non-BPA internal beverage spray coatings. The company estimates that PPG Innovel coatings have been used on more than 220 billion cans in more than 40 countries to date.

PPG Innovel PRO coating complies with all global food contact standards for consumer safety, and its improved application properties provide operational benefits for can plants around the world.

“The growing and dynamic beverage can industry requires solutions that satisfy all global regulations to remove bisphenols from food contact coatings while ensuring maximum can line production speeds and minimal spoilage,” said Amy Ericson, PPG senior vice president,

Packaging Coatings. “PPG Innovel PRO coating is a future-forward solution that doesn’t rely on BPA or any other bisphenol starting substances while protecting both can and beverage integrity.”

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PITTSBURGH, PA (6/10/2021) – A transformative, community-led public art installation was unveiled today at the center of Walnut Capital’s $20 million Bakery Square “refresh”, which triples its public gathering space with the addition of an expanded courtyard and indoor atrium and includes new dining options. Community leaders from Larimer, local public school students and local artist Janel Young celebrated the developer-led effort to better connect all neighborhoods to the growing economic and cultural engine of Bakery Square.

Following a call for artists that resulted in nearly 85 applicants across the nation and globe, Pittsburgher and nationally renowned Young was chosen to work with elementary students from Lincoln K-5 and the Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh. Together, they held workshops that informed the design and inspired students’ creativity, hopes and dreams.

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DES PLAINES, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced the completion of a COLORFUL COMMUNITIES® project in Des Plaines, Ill., which helped revitalize the facilities of Clean Up – Give Back, a nonprofit that organizes trash cleanups in Illinois. The project brought together 30 leadership volunteers from PPG and Ardagh Metal Packaging, who spent the day beautifying the organization’s new headquarters and community center.

Clean Up – Give Back has nearly 1,400 volunteers. They have performed 9,500 service hours in the community, picking up more than 41,000 pounds of trash in 2021 alone.

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Robyn McMillan, Global Beverage Segment Manager for Packaging Coatings, brings a unique perspective to the packaging coatings business.

Joining PPG in 1988 and working as a polymer research chemist for the first half of her career, McMillan brings that scientific expertise to her current role, where she is responsible for growth, strategic planning, and brand owner outreach for the global beverage coatings segment.

Click here for the latest “Metal Pack Pod" episode in which she discusses the rapid evolution and innovation surrounded 2-piece beverage cans, and dives into trends surrounding the Metal Packaging landscape.

PPG packaging coatings has announced leadership team updates to meet the dynamic can making industry’s needs.

“We are constantly evaluating how best to staff our teams to ensure we’re the standard of excellence for global can coatings,” said Amy Ericson, PPG senior vice president, Packaging Coatings. “We’re expanding our leadership team to remain the integrated performance and sustainability partner that the can making industry trusts.”

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