 "PPG exits fiberglass business, sells it to Nippon Electric for $ 545 mn")
PPG Industries has reached a definitive agreement to sell its remaining fiberglass operations to Nippon Electric Glass Co Ltd (NEG), a leading manufacturer of fiberglass, for approximately $545 million. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.
PPG’s remaining fiberglass operations include manufacturing facilities in Chester (South Carolina) and Lexington & Shelby (North Carolina); and administrative and research-and-development operations in Shelby and in Harmar (Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh). The business, which employs more than 1,000 people and had net sales of approximately $ 350 million in 2016, supplies the transportation, energy, infrastructure and consumer markets.
In 2016, PPG completed the sale of its European fiberglass operations to NEG and divested its ownership interests in two Asian fiberglass joint ventures. PPG also completed the sale of its North American flat glass business in 2016.
“We are pleased that these operations will become part of NEG, a company that is focused on fiberglass as a core business. This transaction represents the end of PPG’s history as a manufacturer of fiberglass and is the final action in our disciplined, multiyear strategy to divest non-core businesses. Going forward, we will continue to focus on growing our paints, coatings and specialty materials businesses,” commented Michael McGarry, chairman and chief executive officer, PPG.
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