PPG Completes COLORFUL COMMUNITIES Project at Colegio Villar Palasí in Valencia, Spain

PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced that it has completed a COLORFUL COMMUNITIES^® project to help beautify part of the Colegio Villar Palasí school’s grounds in Quart de Poblet, a municipality in Valencia. The project brought together more than 90 PPG volunteers, teachers, and parents, who spent two days transforming the school’s playground and external building.

PPG provided $45,000 (44,500 euros) to support the renovation and supplied more than 182 gallons (690 liters) of SEIGNEURIE™, SELEMIX^® and DYRUP^® paints by PPG.

The Colorful Communities program provides PPG volunteers and products along with financial contributions to bring color and vitality to communities where the company operates around the world, such as in Valencia, where the company has a manufacturing facility for automotive coatings production.

The Colegio Villar Palasí is a nursery and primary school attended by more than 185 students, from 3 to 12 years, including children with special needs. The institution also hosts a music academy and sports facilities that are open to all the neighborhood’s residents, with the objective of promoting cultural and leisure activities in the community.

“We are thrilled to cooperate with PPG and to welcome the Colorful Communities initiative, which will transform an important educational facility into a more welcoming and colorful place for our students, teachers, and local community,” said Maria Carmen Ramirez Martinez, Quart de Poblet’s Mayor.

PPG volunteers chose bright colors to renovate the exterior walls of the school’s building and the playground, where the students play and practice sports. In cooperation with distributor Tricolor Group and a local artist, David Garcia, the participants also created two murals that represent diversity, equity, and inclusion among the students – one of the most important values of the school.

“I’m really proud to see the enthusiasm of employees and the synergy created together with the local community to use the power of color to inspire, enhance learning, and improve both students’ and teachers’ experiences,” said Nuria Martinez, PPG plant manager, Valencia.

The?Colorful Communities program, PPG’s signature initiative for supporting communities, aims to protect and beautify the neighborhoods where PPG operates around the world. Through the?Colorful Communities program, PPG’s committed volunteers contribute their time and PPG paint products to help transform community assets – from painting classrooms, to bringing color to a maternity ward and redesigning a playground. Since 2015, PPG has completed more than 400?Colorful Communities? projects, impacting more than 7.4 million people in 42 countries.

PPG’s global community engagement efforts and the PPG Foundation aim to bring color and brightness to PPG communities around the world. We invested $13.3 million in 2021, supporting hundreds of organizations across more than 40 countries. By investing in educational opportunities, we help grow today’s skilled workforce and develop tomorrow’s innovators in fields related to coatings and manufacturing. Plus, we empower PPG employees to multiply their impact for causes that are important to them by supporting their volunteer efforts and charitable giving. Learn more at communities.ppg.com.

About PPG

At PPG (NYSE:PPG), we work every day to develop and deliver the paints, coatings and specialty materials that our customers have trusted for nearly 140 years. Through dedication and creativity, we solve our customers’ biggest challenges, collaborating closely to find the right path forward. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, we operate and innovate in more than 75 countries and reported net sales of $16.8 billion in 2021. We serve customers in construction, consumer products, industrial and transportation markets and aftermarkets. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com.

Colorful Communities, the PPG Logo and We protect and beautify the world are registered trademarks of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
Seigneurie is a trademark of PPG AC-France.
Selemix is a registered trademark of PPG Industries Europe SARL.
Dyrup is a registered trademark of Dyrup A/S.

Contact:

Andrew Wood – Corporate Communications, EMEA – awood@ppg.com – +31 6 5121 6579

Source: PPG Industries, Inc.