Guardian Industries Corporation
Company Profile
Business Overview
-The Company primarily focuses on the development and manufacturing of high-performance float glass, providing coated and fabricated glass products for multiple industries, including the automotive industry. The Company also develops chrome-plated and painted plastic components for the automotive industry.
-The Company operates through two businesses: Guardian Glass and SRG Global.
- Guardian Glass supplies float glass, value-added glass and fabricated glass products and solutions for a variety of industries, including the automotive industry.
- SRG Global provides high-value coatings on plastic for the automotive industry.
-In February 2017, Koch Industries, Inc. completed the acquisition of the Company, making the Company a wholly owned subsidiary under Koch Industries.
Shareholders
-The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, a multinational conglomerate corporation.
Products
Automotive Glass Products
-Windshields
-Side glass/Backlites/Liftgates
-All-purpose green tinted glass
-PrivaGuard automotive glass
-Solar Management Glass (SMG)
SRG Global
Front/Rear end
-Grilles
-Emblems and nameplates
-Fascia appliques
-Liftgate moldings
-Spoilers
-Rear appliques
Body Side
-Body side moldings
-Fuel filler systems
-Claddings
-Rocker panels
-Wheel flares/arches
-Wheel covers
-Door handles
Greenhouse
-A, B, C, D pillars
-Window surround moldings
-Cowls
-Door handles
-Ditch moldings
-Belt moldings
Other
-Roof appliques
Interior accents
-Center console trim
-Instrument panel trim
-Overhead trim
-Seating trim
-Door panel trim
-Steering wheel trim components
-Interior assemblies
Subsystems
-Active grille shutters
-Integrille semi- or fully-integrated decorative exterior grille with active grille shutters
-Integrated lighting on grilles, emblems, trunk lid finishers, interior, and radomes
-Lidar covers
-Radomes
-Heated radomes
-Retroreflectors
History
| 1932 | Guardian Glass Company began as a small windshield fabricator in Detroit. |
| 1968 | The Company is renamed Guardian Industries. |
| 2000 | Distribution centers open in Mexico City and Colombia |
| 2003 | Begins operations of float plant in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. |
| 2004 | Begins operations of float plant in El Marques, Mexico. |
| 2006 | The Company breaks ground for a new float glass facility in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The Company breaks ground for a new float glass facility in Ryazan, Russia. |
| 2007 | Begins operations of float plant in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. |
| 2009 | Combined its automotive trim operations to create a new company SRG Global Inc. which supplies plastic parts for auto manufacturers. |
| 2013 | Formed joint venture manufacturing facility with alliance partner Faltec Co., Ltd. called FALTEC SRG Global (Thailand) Co., Ltd. to produce radiator grilles, body side moldings and other components. |
| Formed a new company called Custom Glass Solutions, which provides specific glass solutions for various transportation segments. | |
| Nov. 2014 | Divested Guardian Automotive Products, Inc. and Guardian Automotive-E S.A. to Central Glass Co., Ltd. |
| Jul. 2016 | SRG Global opened an Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong, China. |
| Feb. 2017 | Acquired by Koch Industries Inc., through a transaction of the Company's remaining 55.5% of outstanding shares. |
Supplemental Information 1
>>>Business report up until FY ended Dec 31, 2009
>>>Business report up until FY ended Dec 31, 2014
Note: A figure in brackets ( ) indicates a loss