Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd. Company Profile

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Description

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Company Name

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.

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Website

www.nsg.com

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Established Date

1918

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Headquartered

Japan

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Market Position/ History

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. was founded in 1918 as America Japan Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

In 1931, the company changed its name to the Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.

Pilkington, a glass manufacturing company, was acquired by NSG Group in 2006 and became a part of the company.

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. has 26,000 employees.

The company has operations around the world and sales in over 100 countries.

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Sales Area

Worldwide

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Manufacturing Location

Japan

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Competitors

• Guardian Glass LLC-
• Schott AG
• Saint Gobain

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Ownership Type

Public

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Contact Information

Sumitomo Fudosan Mita Twin Bldg., West Wing, 5-27, Mita 3-Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-6321 Japan

Tel: +81 (0)3 5443 0100

Osaka Head Office:

4-5-33 Kitahama, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-8559

Pilkington Holding GmbH, Haydnstraße 19, Gelsenkirchen, 45884, Deutschland

Tel: +49 (0) 209 16 80

Product

Description

Pilkington Optifloat Clear

Pilkington Optifloat Clear is the name for our high quality float glass with an unrivalled environmental pedigree. It is totally recyclable and our manufacturing plants meet the stringent demands of international standard ISO 14001. Choosing Pilkington Optifloat Clear gives the assurance for exceptional quality. It can be used in wide variety of applications, representing a functional and stylish alternative to solid building materials. When used in the exterior and interior of buildings it brings light and space to surroundings in the home or office. In thicknesses above 6 mm, it can be used for a variety of commercial applications where superior strength, greater spans, reduced deflection, high daylight transmission and noise reduction are required. Pilkington Optifloat Clear can be toughened or laminated for impact safety and security.

• Benefits:
• Pilkington Optifloat Clear offers following benefits:
• highest quality float glass,
• very high light transmission,
• extremely durable material,
• maintenance-free and easily cleaned,
• easily processed and fabricated, can be used in Insulating Glass Units in combination with other products from our range to provide additional benefits,
• can be toughened or laminated for impact safety and security, manufactured in accordance with EN 572-2,
• available in a wide range of sizes and thicknesses.

Pilkington Optiwhite for Solar Applications

Pilkington Optiwhite is a range of extra clear low-iron float glass products with very high solar transmittance, offering improved solar energy conversion and consistent performances. This range of low-iron glass products is suitable for use in thin film photovoltaics, crystalline silicon photovoltaics, concentrated solar power technology, solar thermal collectors, and solar mirrors.

The Pilkington Optiwhite Range includes the standard and well-established low-iron glass Pilkington Optiwhite and Pilkington Optiwhite S, which was developed specifically for the solar industry and offers even greater solar energy transmittance. Pilkington Microwhite is our Pilkington Optiwhite in its extremely thin version (glass thicknesses down to 1.0 mm).

The low iron glass Pilkington Optiwhite is the ideal cover plate for a range of solar technologies, including Thin Film Photovoltaics, Concentrated Solar Power Technology and Solar Thermal Collectors. Pilkington Optiwhite™ can also be used as a cover plate for Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics.

Benefits:

• Pilkington Optiwhite for solar applications offers the following benefits:
• very high light and solar heat transmittance,
• consistent lifetime performance following prolonged exposure to the sun (no solarization),
• available in annealed or tempered/toughened form for Pilkington Optiwhite and Pilkington Optiwhite S; available in annealed form only for Pilkington Micro white.

Year

Latest News

October, 28, 2022

NSG Group launched float glass plant in Argentina

NAG Group engaged in the construction of float glass facility in Argentina. The new plant is located at Los Cardales in the state of Buenos Aires in Argentina and operated by Vidriería Argentina S.A. (VASA), a joint venture subsidiary in Argentina, with a history of over 80 years.