PITTSBURGH: Michael McGarry, PPG (NYSE:PPG) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has been named Industrialist of the Year by the Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR).
The award acknowledges southwestern Pennsylvania enterprise leaders for his or her positive contributions throughout their industry, their community and the region.
“I am honored by this very significant recognition from the SIOR Western PA Chapter,” said McGarry. “Many of Pittsburgh’s enterprise and community leaders over the previous decades have been acknowledged by the SIOR. Certainly, Pittsburgh has benefited from the work of those leaders over the years, and I am truly proud to join them as a recipient of this award.”
“We are thrilled to honor Michael McGarry with the SIOR Industrialist of the Year Award. As CEO of PPG, Michael has lengthy been a proponent of Pittsburgh, recognizing the significance of actual estate and business, and together with his spouse Wanda, dedicated to the community and giving back,” said Michael Downey, Principal at Avison Young and SIOR WPA Chapter President.
“Michael embodies all aspects of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors Industrialist of the Year Award, and he’s truly deserving of the honor.”
McGarry became PPG chairman of the board in 2016 after first being named CEO in 2015. He joined PPG in 1981 as an engineer on the company’s Lake Charles, La. chemicals complex. During his four-decade profession with PPG, he progressed through various enterprise and administration assignments throughout the world.
Today, PPG is one of many world’s main paints, coatings and specialty supplies companies with over 50,000 employees and operations in additional than seventy five countries. The firm maintains its global headquarters in Pittsburgh and can celebrate its 140th anniversary in 2023. In addition to main the company’s enterprise strategy, McGarry has been dedicated to supporting the communities the place PPG operates.
Most notably, McGarry began the company’s global Colorful Communities initiative the place PPG paints schools, community facilities and different nonprofits that could profit from a fresh coat of paint. Since Colorful Communities launched in 2005, PPG and its worker volunteers have accomplished greater than four hundred projects in forty four countries throughout the world.
McGarry currently serves on the Board of Directors of U.S. Steel Corporation, the Board of Directors of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.
PPG Industries, Inc. is an American Fortune 500 firm and global provider of paints, coatings, and specialty materials. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PPG operates in additional than 70 countries throughout the globe. By income it’s the largest coatings firm within the world adopted by AkzoNobel.