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Encyclopedia > Nippon Sheet Glass

Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (日本板硝子株式会社 Nihon Ita-Garasu Kabushiki-gaisha?) (TYO: 5202 ) is a Japanese glass manufacturer. In 2006 it purchased Pilkington of the United Kingdom, which makes it one of the two largest glass companies in the world alongside another Japanese company Asahi Glass. The Tokyo Stock Exchange ), or TSE, is one of the largest stock exchange markets in the world by monetary volume located in Tokyo, Japan, second only to the New York Stock Exchange. ... Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and colors as shown in this sphere from the Verrerie of Brehat in Brittany. ... Pilkington plc is the largest glass manufacturer in the United Kingdom. ...


External links

  • (English) NSG -NIPPON SHEET GLASS- OFFICIAL SITE

 

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