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PPG Industries lands Learjet contract

PPG Industries Inc. said Friday that a subsidiary has received a contract to supply glass windshields and side cockpit windows for Bombardier Inc.'s Learjet aircraft.Pittsburgh-based PPG says it will design and produce the windshields and windows at its facility in Huntsville. It expects to...

PPG Industries Inc. said Friday that a subsidiary has received a contract to supply glass windshields and side cockpit windows for Bombardier Inc.'s Learjet aircraft.

Pittsburgh-based PPG says it will design and produce the windshields and windows at its facility in Huntsville. It expects to deliver them early next year to Bombardier Learjet's facility in Wichita, Kan.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Shares of PPG fell $2.12, or 3.3 percent, to $62.48 in afternoon trading.

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