PPG Industries, Inc. reported unaudited consolidated earnings results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2016. For the quarter, the company reported net income attributable to the company from continuing operations was $77 million, or 29 cents per diluted share. Adjusted net income from continuing operations was $313 million, or $1.19 per diluted share. Adjusted net income excludes after-tax charges totaling $236 million, or 90 cents per diluted share. Fourth quarter 2015 reported net income attributable to the company from continuing operations was $295 million, or $1.09 per diluted share. Fourth quarter 2015 adjusted net income from continuing operations was $313 million, or $1.16 per diluted share. The company reported net sales of $3,497 million compared to $3,552 million, income from continuing operations before income taxes of $140 million compared to $390 million, net income attributable to the company of $344 million, or $1.30 per diluted share compared to $314 million or $1.16 million for the last year. The company reported the following full-year 2016 approximate uses of capital spending of $400 million. For the full year 2016, the company generated over $1.2 billion in cash from operations, a decrease versus the prior year primarily due to the full funding of the Pittsburgh Corning asbestos trust, which exceeded $800 million pre-tax. Full-year 2016 net sales from continuing operations were $14.8 billion compared to $14.8 billion in last year, consistent with the prior year including an unfavorable foreign currency translation impact of nearly 3%, or approximately $400 million. The company’s 2016 full-year reported net income from continuing operations attributable to the company was $564 million, or $2.11 per diluted share, versus $1.34 billion, or $4.89 per diluted share, in 2015. Full-year 2016 adjusted net income from continuing operations was $1.55 billion, or $5.82 per diluted share, versus $1.49 billion, or $5.43 per diluted share, in 2015, representing an adjusted-earnings-per-diluted-share increase of 7%. The company reported income from continuing operations before income taxes of $827 million compared to $1,783 million, net income attributable to the company of $877 million, or $3.28 per diluted share compared to $1,406 million or $5.14 million for the last year.