
Concern PPG Industries (PPG brand) - leads projects to create new technologies and tools for replacing auto glass. The concern has developed and produced such unique auto glass as Sungate - a windshield that serves as an antenna. Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and many other brands are equipped with Solextra glass, which can reflect about 60% of solar energy. The PPG automotive glass business has now been acquired by Kohlberg & Co and PPG is now called PGW (Pittsburgh Glass Works).