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                                                                Exhibit 21

                                      
                             PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
                        AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
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                        SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

The Registrant is PPG Industries, Inc.  There are no subsidiaries for which
separate financial statements are filed or included in group financial
statements filed for unconsolidated subsidiaries.  Significant subsidiaries
included in the 1994 consolidated financial statements of the Company are:

                                                           Percentage of
                                                            Voting Power
Domestic:
  Eighty-Three/One Hundred, Inc. - Delaware..............      100.00%
  Market View, Inc. - Delaware...........................      100.00
  PPG Architectural Finishes, Inc. - Delaware............      100.00
  PPG Industries International, Inc. - Delaware..........      100.00
  PPG Industries Securities, Inc.........................      100.00
  Transitions Optical, Inc. - Delaware...................       51.00
  LYNX Services from PPG, L.L.C..........................       80.00

Canadian:
  PPG Canada Inc.........................................      100.00

European:
  Ampaspace S.r.l. - Italy...............................       80.00
  PPG Iberica, S.A. - Spain..............................       60.00
  PPG Industries (Deutschland) GmbH - Germany............      100.00
  PPG Industries Fiber Glass B.V. - The Netherlands......      100.00
  PPG Industries France - France.........................       98.00
  PPG Industries Glass S.A. - France.....................      100.00
  PPG Industries Italia S.r.l. - Italy...................      100.00
  PPG Industries (U.K.) Limited - England................      100.00
  PPG Ouvrie, SA - France................................      100.00
  VB Glas GmbH - Germany.................................      100.00
  PPG Industries Chemicals B.V...........................      100.00

Subsidiaries in other areas:
  PPG - Feng Tai, Limited - Hong Kong....................       55.00
  PPG Industries Asia/Pacific Ltd. - Japan...............      100.00
  PPG Industries de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. - Mexico........      100.00
  PPG Industries Export Sales Corporation - U.S. Virgin
   Islands...............................................      100.00
  PPG Industries Taiwan Ltd. - Taiwan....................       55.00
  Taiwan Chlorine Industries Ltd. - Taiwan...............       60.00

