Richard A. Beuke, PPG Industries vice-president of flat glass, has been named by USGlass magazine as one of the glass industry’s 100 most influential individuals
Richard A. (Dick) Beuke, PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) vice-president, flat glass, has been named by USGlass magazine as one of the glass industry’s 100 most influential individuals. Beuke, a 36-year PPG veteran, first worked in the glass industry in 1974 as a curtain wall hanger between college semesters at Georgia Southern University. He has spent most of his career serving the building and construction industries, including a six-year stint as vice president of PPG’s architectural coatings business. Since taking over as the top executive for PPG’s flat glass business last year, Beuke has helped guide the business successfully through one of the construction industry’s longest and deepest downturns.
During Beuke’s tenure, PPG’s flat glass business has implemented aggressive plans to launch several new architectural glass products, including the recent debut of SUNGATE(R) 600 low-emissivity (low-e) glass, while expanding manufacturing capability for PPG solar glass products on the West Coast at plants in Fresno, Calif., and Salem, Ore.