{"id":1004148058,"date":"2016-07-13T10:37:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T18:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004148058"},"modified":"2020-05-13T22:24:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T06:24:16","slug":"jeff-oravitz-joins-ppgs-executive-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/jeff-oravitz-joins-ppgs-executive-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Oravitz Joins PPG\u2019s Executive Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pittsburgh<\/strong>\u2014Global paints and coatings manufacturer <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.ppg.com\/Home.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">PPG<\/a> has appointed Jeff Oravitz, previously CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metokote.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">MetoKote<\/a>, as vice president of PPG coatings services &amp; president of PPG-MetoKote. In his new role, Oravitz will be reporting directly to Viktor Sekmakas, PPG executive vice president. On July 6, PPG announced that it had completed its acquisition of MetoKote.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004148059\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/07\/Oravitz_Jeff.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004148059\" data-attachment-id=\"1004148059\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/jeff-oravitz-joins-ppgs-executive-team\/oravitz_jeff\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/07\/Oravitz_Jeff.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"723,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix S5Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1349452379&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Oravitz_Jeff\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Jeff Oravitz &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jeff Oravitz &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/07\/Oravitz_Jeff.jpg?w=723\" class=\"wp-image-1004148059 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/07\/Oravitz_Jeff.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Oravitz \" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/07\/Oravitz_Jeff.jpg 723w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/07\/Oravitz_Jeff.jpg?resize=271,300 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004148059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Oravitz<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Oravitz joined MetoKote in 2005 as vice president, and in 2011 he was elected president &amp; CEO. Prior to his tenure at MetoKote, he worked at PPG for 20 years in a variety of roles in several coatings businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Oravitz will manage the PPG coatings services group, with more than 1,500 employees globally, from the PPG-MetoKote headquarters in Lima, Ohio. PPG-MetoKote applies coatings to customers\u2019 manufactured parts and assembled products, providing coatings services on site within customer manufacturing locations as well as at regional service centers throughout North America and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh and operates in more than 70 countries, with reported net sales of $15.3 billion in 2015. PPG serves customers in construction, consumer products, industrial and transportation markets and aftermarkets.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of PPG <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the company\u2019s acquisition of MetoKote, PPG has named Jeff Oravitz as vice president of the firm\u2019s coatings services &#038; president of PPG-MetoKote. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1269,"featured_media":1004148059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21742,10,21744,1602],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004148058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-northeast","category-people","category-pittsburgh"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jeff Oravitz Joins PPG\u2019s Executive Team - 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