PPG has named Timothy Knavish vice president, automotive coatings, Americas, effective March 1. Knavish is currently PPG general manager, automotive coatings, Americas. He will continue to be based at the PPG automotive coatings headquarters in Troy, MI, and to report directly to Cynthia Niekamp, vice president, automotive coatings. Knavish joined PPG in 1987, in flat glass engineering.