PPG INDUSTRIES &lt;PPG> SELLS ETHYLENE INTERESTS

  PPG Industries Inc said a group of
  investors led by &lt;Sterling Group> of Houston said it has agreed
  to acquire PPG's ethylene products business, including its
  inteest in an ethylene glycols joint venture with du Pont Co
  &lt;DD> in Beaumont, Texas, for undisclosed terms.
      The company said completion is expected in the second
  quarter.
      It said the business had sales of over 50 mln dlrs in 1986.
  

