Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company

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Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company is a major American glass and coatings manufacturer, historically known as one of the world’s leading producers of flat glass and related industrial materials.

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Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company canonical 8
Pittsburgh Plate Glass 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf company ⓘ
manufacturing company ⓘ
basedInMetropolitanArea Greater Pittsburgh ⓘ
linked to: Pittsburgh region
corporateForm public company ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
expandedInto chemical products ⓘ
coatings business ⓘ
formerNameOf PPG Industries ⓘ
foundedBy John Baptiste Ford ⓘ
John Pitcairn Jr. ⓘ
foundedIn Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasAbbreviation PPG ⓘ
linked to: PPG Industries
hasCorporateHeritage PPG Industries brand ⓘ
hasKeyMaterial coatings ⓘ
glass ⓘ
industrial chemicals ⓘ
hasMainBusiness manufacture of glass and coatings ⓘ
supply of materials for construction and transportation industries ⓘ
hasPredecessor Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company ⓘ
hasSuccessor PPG Industries ⓘ
headquartersLocation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
historicalHeadquartersCity Pittsburgh ⓘ
historicalRole early innovator in plate glass production in the United States ⓘ
major American glass producer ⓘ
inception 1883 ⓘ
industry chemicals ⓘ
coatings ⓘ
glass ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
notableFor being a leading producer of flat glass in the 20th century ⓘ
being one of the first U.S. plate glass manufacturers ⓘ
operatedInSector automotive supply ⓘ
construction materials ⓘ
industrial manufacturing ⓘ
product architectural glass ⓘ
automotive glass ⓘ
fiberglass ⓘ
flat glass ⓘ
industrial coatings ⓘ
paints ⓘ
plate glass ⓘ
protective coatings ⓘ
sealants ⓘ
specialty materials ⓘ
regionServed North America ⓘ
global ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ford City → foundedAsCompanyTownFor → Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company ⓘ
PPG Industries → originalName → Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company ⓘ
PPG Industries → hasAbbreviationMeaning → Pittsburgh Plate Glass ⓘ
linked to: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
John B. Ford → founded → Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company ⓘ
John B. Ford → hasEmployer → Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company ⓘ
PPG Industries → hasPredecessor → Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company ⓘ
subject linked to: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
PPG Industries → originalName → Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company ⓘ
subject linked to: NYSE:PPG
John Baptiste Ford → founded → Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company ⓘ
John Baptiste Ford → hasEmployer → Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company ⓘ