5/17

Today was our very last company visit. The visit also just so happened to be the longest. We left the hotel at around 8:15 A.M. and headed to Ingersheim for our company visit to PPG.  The bus ride was about two and a half hours to three hours due to traffic. Today, I am also convinced I ate the most carbs I have ever eaten in my life. First, I ate toast and a baguette for breakfast. Then, we ate croissants and pretzels on the bus thinking we would not get served lunch at PPG. We were wrong. PPG provided us with a great lunch and fed us sandwiches and more pretzels. Since I am from Philly, I thought I ate a lot of pretzels growing up but man do they eat a a lot of pretzels in Germany; I am going to have to take a break from eating them when I get home. Overall, I thought the company visit was very interesting. For starters, I enjoyed how the presentation was more Q and A throughout as oppose to us just sitting there and listening to the presenters. I never really realized how big PPG actually is. PPG does coatings and sealants for cars. This trip really has opened my eyes up too all the different aspects that go into producing a car. Who knew painting cars was such a huge industry. The actual building site we saw was a research facility, and it was neat to see their paint testing lab where they spray the cars. Another interesting fact about PPG is that PPG stands for Pittsburgh Paint and Glass and their headquarters are actually in Pittsburgh. So before we left we had a  PPG speaker named Marcus come in, he runs their european supply chain. He came in and talked to us. When we arrived at PPG we saw Marcus again. It was really nice of him to fly out just to meet with us when we visited the site. After our visit at PPG we headed back to the hotel. I was exhausted but there was work to be done on our project so I had to power through. After finishing and practicing for the presentations I got a good nights sleep.