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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000079879-96-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	11-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	19951231
FILED AS OF DATE:		19960624
SROS:			NYSE
SROS:			PHLX
SROS:			PSE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PPG INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000079879
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PAINTS, VARNISHES, LACQUERS, ENAMELS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2851]
		IRS NUMBER:				250730780
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		11-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-01687
		FILM NUMBER:		96584696

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE PPG PL 9 WEST
		STREET 2:		CAROLYN A IHRIG
		CITY:			PITTSBURGH
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15272
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4124343131

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE PPG PLACE
		CITY:			PITTSBURGH
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15272

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19681219
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              SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    WASHINGTON, D.C. 25049
                           __________

                           FORM 11-K

            ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d)
     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (Fee Required)


          For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995

                 Commission File Number 1-1687


              PPG INDUSTRIES EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN
                   (Full title of the Plan)


                     PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
                         One PPG Place
                Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15272

  (Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the Plan
      and the address of its principal executive office)


                           SIGNATURE

The Plan.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934, the Director, Compensation and Benefits, of 
PPG Industries, Inc., Administrator of the Plan, has duly caused 
this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned 
hereunto duly authorized.

                             PPG Industries Employee Savings Plan
                                      (Name of the Plan)


Date    June 21, 1996                /s/ K.A. Rowles             
                             K.A. Rowles, Director, Compensation
                             and Benefits, of PPG Industries,
                             Inc. and Administrator of the Pla

The financial statements and schedules for the PPG Industries
Employee Savings Plan are filed under cover of Form SE.



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