is a Japanese glass manufacturing company. In 2006 it acquired

Pilkington Pilkington is a Japanese-owned glass-manufacturing company which is based in Lathom, Lancashire, United Kingdom. In the UK it includes several legal entities and is a subsidiary of Japanese company NSG Group. Prior to its acquisition by NSG ...

of the United Kingdom. This makes NSG/Pilkington one of the four largest glass companies in the world alongside another Japanese company Asahi Glass,

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, and Guardian Industries. The company is listed on the

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and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225

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History

The company was established in November 1918 as America Japan Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. with its head office in

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, after it obtained technology from Libbey Owens Ford Glass Co. of the

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to produce flat glass using the Colburn process. The company changed its name to the Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. in January 1931. It expanded operations across Japan post

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, and in October 1970 acquired Nippon Safety Glass Co., Ltd. In April 1999, the company merged with Nippon Glass Fiber Co., Ltd. and Micro Optics Co., Ltd. In Apr 2001 the company acquired Nippon Muki Co., Ltd. and in July 2004 moved the registered head office from Osaka to Minato Ward in

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Pilkington

In 1986, Pilkington bought Libbey Owens Ford. Following an agreed acquisition of 20% of

of the

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in 2001, in 2006 NSG purchased the residual 80% of shares.

Present

Founded in 1918, NSG acquired the leading UK-based glass manufacturer Pilkington plc in June 2006. Today, the company has combined sales of approximately JPY 600 billion, with manufacturing operations in 29 countries and sales in 130 countries, employing some 28,500 people worldwide. The Group's Flat Glass businesses, encompassing Building Products and Automotive Products, account for 90 per cent of annual sales, with the balance being in Specialty Glass. The Specialty Glass business covers a number of niche markets, the most important of which are in displays and optical products for printers and copiers. Geographically, 42 per cent of the Group's sales are in Europe, 28 per cent in Japan and 13 per cent in North America, with the rest primarily in South America, South East Asia and China. About NSG , NSG Corporate Website
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Main products in Japan

NSG TEC solar energy products, technical glass for white goods and displays

Home use

* SPACIA :Double glazing with vacuum layer at center plane. (Eco-Glass) * SECUO :Security glass as laminated glass with resin sheet. * PAIR REIBORG :Double glazing, sunshading and high-thermal insulating glass with special metal coating. (Eco-Glass) * PAIR REIBORG HIKARI :Photocatalytic cleaning glass with REIBORG. (Eco-Glass) * HOME TOUGH LIGHT :Toughened glass with 5 times toughness as normal glass.

Building use

* UMU :Electric controlled switching glass with transparent or photo scattered.

Telecom・IT use

* SELFOC :Flat-end-type Rod lens with graded index by ion exchange (self focus) * SLA SELFOC LENS ARRAY :Arrayed Selfoc lens for scanning image like a copy-machine or printer.

Automobile use

* LAMIPANE :Laminated glass for windshield. * THERLITE-T :Heater line installed Anti-fogging glass.

References

External links

NSG Corporate Website

NSG Commercial Website

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