NEWS: Pipitone Group Clients Recognized fo Advertising Excellence

Pittsburgh, June 29, 2010 - Pipitone Group clients and, CENTRIA and PPG Industries, both recently received Honorable Mention Awards for online banner ads from Architectural Record's 2010 Advertising Excellence Awards. The awards were presented last week at the AIA Expo 2010 in Miami.

CENTRIA was recognized for its "healthy building" campaign. Pipitone Group designed the "healthy buildings" banner ads to promote the advanced thermal and moisture protection properties inherent in CENTRIA's products, which positively influence the health of the buildings on which they're used, and to convey CENTRIA's extensive experience in the healthcare building market.

PPG Industries was honored for its Glass Configurator and Solarban z50 ads. The Solarban z50 banner ad promotes the advanced solar control properties of one of PPG's most popular low-e glass products. The Configurator banner was utlitized to promote PPG's new interactive comparison tool, which allows architects and specifiers to compare all of PPG's architectural glass products both by aesthetic and performance properties.

Architectural Record, published by the McGraw Hill Companies, recognizes the most effective ads in the building and design industry with its Excellence in Advertising Awards, Pipitone Group, CENTRIA and PPG Industries are honoered to be recognized.

About Pipitone Group
Pipitone Group was founded in 1992 and is Pittsburgh’s only firm dedicated to channel marketing. By developing and executing strategic programs targeted at the influencers and entities essential to each client, Pipitone Group and its Channel Marketing by Design™ philosophy help clients talk through the people that talk to their customers.