PPG Industries Inc. announced it will close one of its operations in Pennsylvania.
The company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice for a facility in Elverson (Chester County), where 82 workers will be affected. According to the WARN report, the closure process will begin on Aug. 18, 2025, and last through Dec. 31, 2026.
The Elverson location is listed as a Whitford Corp. facility. Whitford, a manufacturer of low-friction, wear-resistant coatings for the automotive, aerospace, energy and construction product industries, was acquired by PPG in March 2019. According to Mark Silvey, PPG’s director of corporate communications, the facility was part of the Whitford acquisition in 2019 but is now considered a PPG facility.
“PPG continually evaluates its production footprint to position its business for long-term sustainability and meet customers’ evolving needs,” says Silvey. “As a result of our recent evaluations, we have made the difficult decision to cease operations at PPG’s Elverson, Pennsylvania, facility. We believe this decision will allow us to better serve and support our customers in terms of consistent product quality and faster, more reliable service while reducing costs within our business.”
An American Fortune 500 company, PPG is a global supplier of paints, coatings and specialty materials. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, the company operates in more than 70 countries and, by revenue, is the second-largest coatings company in the world, according to company information.
In April 2025, the company reported net sales of $3.7 billion, a decrease of 4% over the prior year. Company officials note that the change was driven by unfavorable foreign currency translation of 3% and business divestitures of 2%, including a silica products business in 2024. Net debt at quarter end was $5.4 billion, an increase of $340 million over the prior year. Officials report that selling prices declined due to specific index-based customer contracts. At the same time, sales volumes decreased as strength in industrial coatings and packaging coatings was more than offset by lower automotive industry production, according to the company’s financial report.