NSG is one of the worlds leading manufacturers of glass and glazing systems in four major business areas; Building Products, Automotive Products, Information Technology Materials, and Glass Fiber.
Founded in 1918, NSG completed the acquisition of the leading UK-based glass manufacturer Pilkington plc in June 2006, thereby trebling the size of the company. Today, NSG/Pilkington has combined sales of over JPY 800 billion, with manufacturing operations in 27 countries on five continents and sales in 130 countries and employing 36,000 people worldwide.
The Groups Flat Glass businesses, encompassing Building Products and Automotive Products, account for 90 per cent of annual sales, with the balance being in Specialty Glass, covering the Information Technology and Glass Fiber businesses.
NSG/Pilkington has major market shares in most building and automotive product markets of the world, with a broad geographic reach, enabling it to respond to customers whose
Operations, particularly in the case of Automotive OE, are increasingly global.
Geographically, 43 per cent of the Groups sales are in Europe, 27 per cent in Japan and 16 per cent in North America, with the rest primarily in South America, South East Asia and Australia.
