History
The company was established in November 1918 as America Japan Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. with its head office in Osaka, after it obtained technology from Libbey Owens Ford Glass Co. of the United States 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 World War II , 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 Tokyo.
Pilkington
In 1986, Pilkington bought Libbey Owens Ford. Following an agreed acquisition of 20% of Pilkington of the United Kingdom in 2001, in 2006 NSG purchased the residual 80% of shares, a company then double its size.
Present
The NSG Group has combined sales of over JPY 700 billion, with manufacturing operations in 29 countries on five continents and sales in 130 countries and employing 31,000 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, covering the Information Technology and Glass Fiber businesses. Geographically, 47 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 Australia.
In June 2008, the former CEO of Pilkington Stuart Chambers, became President of the group, the first non-Japanese man to do so.
As of 1st of October 2009, Stuart Chambers resigned as Representative Executive Director, President & CEO, and assumed the position of Senior Advisor. He was succeeded by Katsuji Fujimoto.
References
^ "Flat glass market to be 39 million tons by 2010"
^ Corporate History | About NSG | NSG Corporate Website
^ About NSG | NSG Corporate Website
^ "Pilkington man breaks through glass ceiling to take top job at NSG of Japan". The Times. April 24, 2008. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/industrials/article3803021.ece. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
^ About NSG | NSG Corporate Website
External links
(English) NSG Corporate Website
(English) NSG Commercial Website
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Historic
companies
Bakewell Glass Belmont Glass Company Boston and Sandwich Glass Company Carr Lowrey Glass Company Cambridge Glass Chance Brothers Clayton and Bell Dunbar Glass Fostoria Glass Company General Glass Industries Alexander Gibbs Grnvik glasbruk Hazel-Atlas Heisey Hemingray Glass Company Knox Glass Bottle Company Lavers, Barraud and Westlake Manufacture royale de glaces de miroirs Morris & Co. Old Dominion Glass Company James Powell and Sons Ravenhead glass The Root Glass Company Sneath Glass Company Ward and Hughes Westmoreland Glass Company Whitall Tatum Company White Glass Company Worshipful Company
Glassmakers
John Adams Richard M. Atwater Frederick Carder Irving Wightman Colburn Henry Crimmel Henry Clay Fry Friedrich A. H. Heisey Libbey Antonio Neri Alastair Pilkington Salviati Otto Schott S. Donald Stookey W. E. S. Turner John M. Whitall
Trademarks
and brands
Bohemian glass Bomex Burmese glass Chevron bead Corelle CorningWare Cranberry glass Cristallo Duran Endural Favrile Fire King Gold Ruby MACOR Murano glass Opaline glass Pyrex Ravenhead glass Tiffany glass Vitrite Vitrolite Vycor Waterford Crystal Wood's glass Zerodur
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Members of Sumitomo Public Relations Committee
Construction
Sumitomo Mitsui Construction - Sumitomo Forestry - Sumitomo Densetsu
Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
Sumitomo Chemical - Sumitomo Bakelite - Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma - Sumitomo Seika Chemicals
Rubber, Glass and Ceramics
Nippon Sheet Glass - Sumitomo Osaka Cement - Sumitomo Rubber Industries - Tokai Rubber Industries
Steel
Sumitomo Metal Industries
Non-ferrous metals
Sumitomo Electric Industries - Sumitomo Metal Mining - Sumitomo Light Metal Industries -Sumitomo Wiring Systems
Machinery
Sumitomo Heavy Industries - Sumitomo (S.H.I.) Construction Machinery - Sumitomo Precision Products
Electrical equipment
NEC - Nissin Electric - Meidensha
Trading
Sumitomo Corporation - Sumikin Bussan Corporation
Finance and Insurance
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation - Sumitomo Trust and Banking - Sumitomo Life - Mitsui Sumitomo - Sumitomo Mitsui Card - Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing - Sumitomo Mitsui Auto Service -SMBC Friend Securities
Real estate
Sumitomo Realty & Development
Transport and Warehousing
Sumitomo Warehouse
Information and Communication
Japan Research Institute - Sumisho Computer Systems
Related topics
Sumitomo zaibatsu - Sumitomo family
Members of Hakusuikai are bolded. Hakusuikai is an association of the presidents of the Sumitomo companies.
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The company was established in November 1918 as America Japan Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. with its head office in Osaka, after it obtained technology from Libbey Owens Ford Glass Co. of the United States 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 World War II , 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 Tokyo.
Pilkington
In 1986, Pilkington bought Libbey Owens Ford. Following an agreed acquisition of 20% of Pilkington of the United Kingdom in 2001, in 2006 NSG purchased the residual 80% of shares, a company then double its size.
Present
The NSG Group has combined sales of over JPY 700 billion, with manufacturing operations in 29 countries on five continents and sales in 130 countries and employing 31,000 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, covering the Information Technology and Glass Fiber businesses. Geographically, 47 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 Australia.
In June 2008, the former CEO of Pilkington Stuart Chambers, became President of the group, the first non-Japanese man to do so.
References
^ "Flat glass market to be 39 million tons by 2010"
^ Corporate History | About NSG | NSG Corporate Website
^ About NSG | NSG Corporate Website
^ "Pilkington man breaks through glass ceiling to take top job at NSG of Japan". The Times. April 24, 2008. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/industrials/article3803021.ece. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
^ About NSG | NSG Corporate Website
External links
(English) NSG Corporate Website
(English) NSG Commercial Website
v d e
Glass makers and brands
Contemporary
companies
Anchor Hocking Arc International Ardagh Armashield Asahi Aurora Glass Foundry Baccarat Blenko Glass Company Bodum Corning Dartington Crystal Daum Edinburgh Crystal Fanavid Fenton Art Glass Company Firozabad glass industry Franz Mayer Glava Glaverbel Hardman & Co. Heaton, Butler and Bayne Holmegaard Glassworks Holophane Hoya Kingdom of Crystal Kokomo Opalescent Glass Works Kosta Glasbruk Libbey Owens Ford Liuli Gongfang Iittala Luoyang Johns Manville Mats Jonasson Mlers Moser Glass Mosser Glass Nippon Sheet Glass Ohara Orrefors Glasbruk Osram Owens Corning Owens-Illinois Pauly & C. - Compagnia Venezia Murano Phu Phong PPG Pilkington Preciosa Quinn Group Riedel Royal Leerdam Crystal Saint-Gobain Samsung Corning Precision Glass Schonbek Schott Shrigley and Hunt Steuben Glass Sterlite Optical Technologies Swarovski Tyrone Crystal Val Saint Lambert Verrerie of Brehat Waterford Watts & Co World Kitchen Xinyi Glass Zwiesel
Historic
companies
Bakewell Glass Belmont Glass Company Boston and Sandwich Glass Company Carr Lowrey Glass Company Cambridge Glass Chance Brothers Clayton and Bell Dunbar Glass Fostoria Glass Company General Glass Industries Alexander Gibbs Grnvik glasbruk Hazel-Atlas Heisey Hemingray Glass Company Knox Glass Bottle Company Lavers, Barraud and Westlake Manufacture royale de glaces de miroirs Morris & Co. Old Dominion Glass Company James Powell and Sons Ravenhead glass The Root Glass Company Sneath Glass Company Ward and Hughes Westmoreland Glass Company Whitall Tatum Company White Glass Company Worshipful Company
Glassmakers
John Adams Richard M. Atwater Frederick Carder Irving Wightman Colburn Henry Crimmel Henry Clay Fry Friedrich A. H. Heisey Libbey Antonio Neri Alastair Pilkington Salviati Otto Schott S. Donald Stookey W. E. S. Turner John M. Whitall
Trademarks
and brands
Bohemian glass Bomex Burmese glass Chevron bead Corelle CorningWare Cranberry glass Cristallo Duran Endural Favrile Fire King Gold Ruby MACOR Murano glass Opaline glass Pyrex Ravenhead glass Tiffany glass Vitrite Vitrolite Vycor Waterford Crystal Wood's glass Zerodur
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Members of Sumitomo Public Relations Committee
Construction
Sumitomo Mitsui Construction - Sumitomo Forestry - Sumitomo Densetsu
Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
Sumitomo Chemical - Sumitomo Bakelite - Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma - Sumitomo Seika Chemicals
Rubber, Glass and Ceramics
Nippon Sheet Glass - Sumitomo Osaka Cement - Sumitomo Rubber Industries - Tokai Rubber Industries
Steel
Sumitomo Metal Industries
Non-ferrous metals
Sumitomo Electric Industries - Sumitomo Metal Mining - Sumitomo Light Metal Industries -Sumitomo Wiring Systems
Machinery
Sumitomo Heavy Industries - Sumitomo (S.H.I.) Construction Machinery - Sumitomo Precision Products
Electrical equipment
NEC - Nissin Electric - Meidensha
Trading
Sumitomo Corporation - Sumikin Bussan Corporation
Finance and Insurance
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation - Sumitomo Trust and Banking - Sumitomo Life - Mitsui Sumitomo - Sumitomo Mitsui Card - Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing - Sumitomo Mitsui Auto Service -SMBC Friend Securities
Real estate
Sumitomo Realty & Development
Transport and Warehousing
Sumitomo Warehouse
Information and Communication
Japan Research Institute - Sumisho Computer Systems
Related topics
Sumitomo zaibatsu - Sumitomo family
Members of Hakusuikai are bolded. Hakusuikai is an association of the presidents of the Sumitomo companies.
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