Pilkington
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Pilkington is a glass-manufacturing company based in Lathom, Lancashire, England. It includes several legal entities in the UK, and is a subsidiary of the Japanese company Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG). It was formerly an independent company listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
OverviewAI-generated
Pilkington is a company established in 1826. It is located in St Helens, United Kingdom. The organization is currently active.
The company describes its work as making glass for the world's buildings and vehicles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 12 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, ROR. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Pilkington Group Limited
- Company.type
- Subsidiary to Nippon Sheet Glass of Japan
- Company.foundation
- 1826 (St Helens)
- Company.founder
- William Pilkington
- Company.location_city
- Lathom, Lancashire
- Company.location_country
- England
- Company.locations
- 22 sites in the UK
- Company.industry
- Glassmaking
- Company.products
- Glass and glazing solutions for automotive and architectural.
- Company.owner
- Nippon Sheet Glass
- Company.parent
- NSG Group
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1826
- Location
- St Helens, United Kingdom
- Status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- enterprise
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Headquarters
- St Helens
- Owned by
- Nippon Sheet Glass
- Industry
- glass production
- Legal form
- private company limited by shares
- Official website
- www.pilkington.com
- Image
- Praha Hostivar Prumyslova Pilkington.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pilkington
- inception
- 1826-01-01
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Litigation
- Pilkington Optronics
- Takeover by NSG
- Chairmen
- Operations
- Australia and New Zealand
- References
- Citation
- Bibliography
- External links
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pilkington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.