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18 Aug 2006
PPG Reports its 13th Consecutive Quarterly Sales Record
(August 18, 2006 Shanghai)Recently, PPG Industries Inc., the world’s leading diversified manufacturer headquartered in Pittsburgh, reported record sales and earnings for the second quarter of fiscal year 2006. The company realized net income of USD280 million on sales revenue of USD2.8 billion for the quarter, a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth of 21% and 6% respectively. During the quarter, in addition to the strong sales earnings growth, PPG was able to achieve higher margins of 14.5% from 14.1% despite an environment in which the chlor-alkali cycle, home building and North American auto manufacturing are approaching declines and higher raw material costs.
URMOND (NL), 27 June 2006 - The first of 25,000 new protective vests for Dutch Law Enforcement was presented today to the Royal Dutch Police Services (KLPD). The vests, manufactured by BSST GmbH of Germany in cooperation with Ten Cate Advanced Composites of The Netherlands, feature an innovative design incorporating Dyneema® fiber and Dyneema® Unidirectional (UD) sheet material from DSM Dyneema. 
Urmond (NL), June 12, 2006 - To provide its soldiers with a higher level of protection, the UK Ministry of Defence is incorporating super-strong, lightweight Dyneema® unidirectional sheet material (UD) from DSM into the new inserts for the new Osprey body armor. Until now, it has been difficult to balance the need for higher protection with light weight needed by soldiers for optimal agility and speed in combat. Advances in weapons and ammunition, which pose new threats to soldiers, have increased the challenge facing the military services. However, Dyneema® High Performance Polyethylene (HPPE) makes it possible to raise the effectiveness of personal protection for troops at the lowest possible weight.