Dec 2 2010
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace business has been honored for its ALTEOS(TM) Interactive Window Systems in the Suppliers’ Innovation Challenge of Aviation Week & Space Technology and Defense Technology International magazines.
The challenge recognizes and promotes groundbreaking work by tiered suppliers in aerospace and defense.
Alteos Interactive Window Systems by PPG Aerospace provide controllable dimmable shading for aircraft passenger-cabin windows with electrochromic technology developed and manufactured by Gentex Corp. The first electrochromic window shading systems for commercial aircraft, they are used on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Beechcraft King Air 350i aircraft.
“The aviation and defense industries are by their nature technologically advanced, so for PPG Aerospace to be recognized as doing groundbreaking and innovative work within these markets is indeed an honor,” said Mark Cancilla, PPG Aerospace global platform director for transparencies. “We thank Aviation Week, Defense Technology International and the judges for this tribute. We are grateful to everyone involved in the development and commercialization of Alteos Interactive Window Systems, from the people at Gentex Corp. who supply the electrochromic technology, to the many PPG people who worked long and hard bringing these systems to market, to our customers for believing in our capabilities.”
Eight winners in 11 categories were selected from among more than 80 entries by a panel of judges of Aviation Week and Defense Technology International editors and supplier and technology executives at leading aerospace and defense organizations. The judges were: Robert Murray, vice president, supply chain management, Hamilton Sundstrand; John Borghese, vice president, advanced technology programs, Rockwell Collins; Joe Jackson, director, Strategic Sourcing, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems; William Sweetman, editor-in-chief, and Pat Toensmeier, contributing editor, Defense Technology International; Anthony L. Velocci Jr., editor-in-chief, and Graham Warwick, senior technology editor, Aviation Week & Space Technology; Brian McDermott, vice president, supplier management, Aerospace Industries Association; and Paul Kling, deputy vice president of operations and supplier management, BAE Systems Electronics, Intelligence & Support.