PPG Names New Manager for Protective, Marine Coatings

Paints and coatings manufacturer PPG (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) recently appointed Joe Swingle as senior marketing and pricing manager of its protective and marine coatings business in the United States and Canada.

In this role, Morris will be responsible for developing and executing marketing and pricing strategies that drive profitable growth for the United States and Canada region of PPG’s protective and marine coatings segment. He is expected to collaborate closely with the company’s sales, technical support, product management, and leadership teams.

Swingle joins PPG after 18 years with Sherwin-Williams (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) where he was, most recently, a district manager with their paint stores group. Prior to that, he progressed through various marketing, sales, and management roles with increasing levels of responsibility.

Swingle has a marketing and finance degree from the University of Mississippi (Oxford, Mississippi, USA) as well as an MBA.

Source: PPG Protective & Marine Coatings, www.ppgpmc.com.