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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-05-024915.txt : 20050510
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20050510115409
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-05-024915
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050501
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050510
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050510

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Goudy Garry A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001326204

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-01687
		FILM NUMBER:		05814751

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		412-434-3920

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
		STREET 2:		ONE PPG PLACE
		CITY:			PITTSBURGH
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15272

ISSUER:		

	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

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE PPG PL 40 EAST
		CITY:			PITTSBURGH
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15272
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4124343131

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE PPG PL 40 EAST
		CITY:			PITTSBURGH
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15272

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19681219
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    <periodOfReport>2005-05-01</periodOfReport>

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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
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                <value>2005-05-03</value>
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                <value>2012-02-19</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                    <value>14758</value>
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                <value>2008-02-16</value>
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                <value>2015-02-15</value>
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                    <value>13600</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares held through the PPG Investor Services Program (a dividend reinvestment program).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Right to buy granted under the PPG Industries, Inc. Stock Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Immediately</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">After termination of employment with PPG.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Total of all phantom stock units held by the reporting person in the PPG Industries, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">The security converts to common stock on a one-for-one basis.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>J. C. Clifton, Attorney-in-Fact for Garry A. Goudy</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-05-10</signatureDate>
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<TEXT>
 PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.

					  POWER OF ATTORNEY

	 Know all men by
these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each
of J. C. Diggs, T. L. Butera, and J. C. Clifton, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, to:

	 (1)  execute for
and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an
officer of PPG Industries, Inc. (the "Company"), any forms required to be,
or which may be, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C., in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

	(2)  do and perform
any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such forms and timely
file such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and stock exchange or similar authority; and

	(3)  take any other
action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in
the opinion of such attorney-in-fact may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being  understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby
grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file any
forms with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be
executed as of this 4th day of May, 2005.

					    /s/  Garry A. Goudy

						GARRY A. GOUDY
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