PITTSBURGH, April 6, 2021— Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has promoted Paul Di Cesare to manager, architectural quality assurance.

In his new role, Di Cesare will oversee Vitro’s field service team and contacts and provide technical services and field support across commercial construction, residential window and specialty markets. He also will be the company stakeholder for Vitro across several glass industry and regulatory organizations.

Di Cesare has been with Vitro since 1994. Paul Bush, vice president, technical services and government affairs, Vitro Architectural Glass, said Di Cesare’s work in flat glass operations, quality, technical services and sales gives him a seasoned perspective that benefits Vitro customers. “Paul’s extensive experience and exceptional knowledge of our products and the practical and technical challenges our customers face every day make him a great fit for this role,” he explained.

During his career with Vitro, Di Cesare has accepted positions of increasing responsibility at multiple company plants – including Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and Fresno, California. Additionally, he served as manager, fabricated products, at the company’s Allentown, Pennsylvania, location, with duties in sales as well as operations.

Prior to his new role, Di Cesare worked in Vitro’s technical services department, providing expert field quality support to Vitro Flat Glass customers and account managers. As a key accounts manager in the sales organization, he directed several major commercial construction accounts for Vitro Glass in the northeastern U.S.

Di Cesare holds a bachelor’s degree in ceramic engineering from Alfred University and received his Master of Business Administration degree from Ashland University. He is based near Allentown, Pennsylvania.

To learn more about products from Vitro Architectural Glass, visit www.vitroglazings.com or call 1-855-VTRO-GLS (887-6457).

About Vitro Architectural Glass

Vitro Architectural Glass is the largest glass producer in the Western Hemisphere, manufacturing a range of industry-leading, energy-efficient, high-performance products such as Solarban^®, Sungate^® and Starphire Ultra-Clear^® glasses. Committed to continually raising the industry standard for sustainability, Vitro was the first U.S. glass manufacturer to have its complete collection of architectural glass products earn Cradle to Cradle Certified^® status and the first North American manufacturer to publish third-party verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for flat glass and processed glass products. Additionally, as of April 2024, all Vitro architectural glass products meet the Top 20% Low Embodied Carbon (LEC) material Global Warming Potential (GWP) threshold the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) established pursuant to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and related guidance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Vitro operates seven glass production facilities across North America, four residential glass fabrication plants in Canada and one of the world’s largest glass research and development facilities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, please visit VitroGlazings.com.

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