PITTSBURGH — PPG Industries has announced the launch of a new initiative designed to heighten awareness of the company’s brand and support its sales efforts across many of the core markets and industries it serves.
The first of its kind for the company, the marketing communications initiative aims to redefine the PPG brand by showcasing the unique ways it brings innovation, sustainability and color technologies to its customers in a wide range of markets. Because of the current overall strength of PPG’s global business, the company says it is able to leverage its unique position and more clearly define the unmatched offerings it brings to the markets it serves.
PPG’s new core marketing branding initiative features a new tagline – “Bringing Innovation to the Surface” – that positions PPG as a “surfaces” company. The company says it believes that, compared to its competitors, it has the capabilities to enhance more types of customers’ surfaces in more ways than does any other company. The new tagline will appear in a targeted print and online and also on a refreshed website and in social media venues. The tagline also will be highlighted in a variety of training and customer engagement tools, including presentations and marketing collateral.
“Many of PPG’s customers are familiar only with the specific products or services they rely on the company to provide, so through this new initiative, we aim to bring to light the breadth and depth of PPG’s innovative offerings,” said Patrick Kenny, PPG vice president, corporate marketing. “The campaign reaches the varied industries PPG touches, highlighting the company’s strengths – innovation, sustainability and color leadership – that some customers may not know about.”
The efforts currently focus on the aerospace, automotive manufacturing, automotive refinish and repair, commercial construction, consumer goods, infrastructure, renewable energy, residential construction and marine markets. The ads show children gazing in awe at a colorfully coated airplane parked on a tarmac; a roadster that catches the eyes of onlookers; and the most modern of buildings, which highlights the company’s many coating and glass applications for the construction industry.
“The campaign takes an educational approach and brings to life the unique stories of how PPG truly partners with customers for success,” added Jack Maurer, PPG director, corporate communications. “The multichannel campaign highlights the technologies PPG brings to the table that help our customers overcome their unique industry challenges and differentiate themselves from their competition.”
The initiative officially launches this week with a series of employee events. Advertisements have begun appearing this month in trade and online outlets throughout the United States, Europe and the Asia/Pacific region, and will continue on an ongoing basis.
