PPG appoints vp-performance glazings

PPG Industries has announced that Gary Danowski, director, global operations, aerospace, was appointed vp-performance glazings, effective in mid-January. He will report to senior vp Victoria M. Holt and will be based at the Harmar, Pa., glass business and discovery center.

Danowski joined PPG in 1982 as a production engineer at the former Crestline, Ohio, automotive glass fabrication plant. He has held various positions within the company since then, including superintendent of engineering at PPG’s former automotive glass plant in Evansville, Ind.; director, market development, for PPG’s European glass business; plant manager of PPG’s former Meadville, Pa., glass manufacturing facility; director, new products and services, flat glass; director, production, automotive OEM glass; and director, global operations, aerospace.

Danowski has a mechanical engineering degree from Gannon University and a master of business administration degree from Ashland University.

Pittsburgh-based PPG is a supplier of paints, coatings, chemicals, optical products, specialty materials, glass and fiber glass.