Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.nsg.com/en

■Address

Sumitomo Fudosan Tokyo Mita South Tower, 5-27, Mita 3-Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo,108-6321 Japan

Business Overview

-A major glass manufacturer for the automotive industry, delivering automotive glass to major OEMs around the world.

-The Company’s business is comprised of the following three business areas: construction-industry-glass, automotive-industry glass, and high-performance glass.

Shareholders

-Listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

(As of Mar. 31, 2024)

Name or Company Name	Investment Ratio (%)
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)	12.76
Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd.	3.88
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)	2.67
MSIP CLIENT SECURITIES (Standing proxy: Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.)	2.28
SBI SECURITIES Co., Ltd.	1.99
Customer share holding commission	1.63
MLI FOR CLIENT GENERAL OMNI NON COLLATERAL NON TREATY-PB (Standing proxy: BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd.)	1.48
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 385781 (Standing proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)	1.34
NORTHERN TRUST GLOBAL SERVICES SE, LUXEMBOURG RE CLIENTS NON-TREATY ACCOUNT (Standing proxy: HSBC Bank Tokyo Branch)	1.22
Sumitomo Life Insurance Company	1.00
Total	30.29

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Products

Automotive
-Front & Rear door glass
-Front & Rear quarter glass
-Front & Rear vent glass
-Windshield glass
-Sunroof Glass
-Rear window glass

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History

Feb. 1919	The Company was established as America Japan Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
May 1919	Set up Futashima plant. (the name of the plant was changed to Wakamatsu plant in July 1950)
Dec. 1927	Established Isoraito Kogyo Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary)
Jan. 1931	Adopted its current name.
Aug. 1935	Established Yokkaichi plant.
Mar. 1941	Merged Tokunaga Sheet Glass Manufacturing Co., Ltd. And set up Amagasaki plant.
Nov. 1944	Closed the Amagasaki plant And transferred it to Sumitomo Kakozai Industry Co., Ltd.
Nov. 1949	Established a research center in Amagasaki city. (transferred to Itami city in July 1968)
June 1950	Listed on the Tokyo, Osaka, And Kobe Stock Exchanges.
Mar. 1951	Established Maizuru plant.
Oct. 1961	Isoraito Kogyo Co., Ltd. was listed on the second section of the Osaka And Nagoya Stock Exchanges.
Sept. 1963	Established Chiba plant.
Feb. 1965	Established floating method glass manufacturing facilities in Maizuru plant.
July 1968	Established a new research center in Itami City. Later renamed the Kansai Research Center, Research Laboratory in April 1994.
Oct. 1970	Merged Nippon Safety Glass Co., Ltd. And opened the Kawasaki Plant And Kyoto Plant.
Aug. 1971	Established floating method glass manufacturing facilities in Chiba Plant.
Jan. 1973	Acquired the trade right of window sash And other products from Nippon Sumi Sash Co., Ltd.
Dec. 1977	Closed Wakamatsu plant.
June 1978	Established additional floating method glass manufacturing facilities in Maizuru plant.
July 1979	Acquired trade rights for glass fiber products from Nippon Glass Fiber Co., Ltd. And started selling glass fiber.
Dec. 1979	Set up Tsuchiura factory at the site of Chiba plant.
July 1980	Established Sagamihara factory at the site of Kawasaki plant. (the name of the plant was changed to Sagamihara plant in June 1990.)
Oct. 1983	Established Tsukuba research center.
May 1987	Transferred manufacturing And trade right of short glass fiber to Nippon Microsie Wool Co., Ltd.
Apr. 1988	Transferred part of its trade right of the Environmental Division to Nippon Glass Sheet Environment Amenity Co., Ltd. (currently a consolidated subsidiary)
June 1990	Closed Kawasaki plant.
Sept. 1991	Isoraito Kogyo Co., Ltd. was listed on the first section of the Osaka And Nagoya Stock Exchanges. (formerly listed on the second section)
Nov. 1991	Established Aichi plant.
Apr. 1999	Merged with Nippon Glass Fiber Co., And Micro Optics Co., Ltd., which were previously consolidated subsidiaries.
Oct. 1999	Epitax Inc., which was previously a consolidated subsidiary was handed over to JDS Uniphase Corporation through a stock transaction.
May 2000	Formed a comprehensive business alliance with the UK's leading glass manufacturer, Pilkington, to achieve cooperative manufacturing worldwide in the area of automotive sheet glass.
Nov. 2000	Took over 33.3% of Nippon Muki Co., Ltd.'s authorized shares from Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.
Dec. 2000	Sold Osaka Headquarters building.
Mar. 2001	Nippon Muki Co., Ltd. delisted from second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Apr. 2001	Nippon Muki Co., Ltd. becomes a wholly owned subsidiary through a stock transaction.
Oct. 2001	Pilkington plc becomes a affiliated company applicable to the equity method.
Aug. 2004	Transferred a consolidated subsidiary, Isolite Insulating Products Co., Ltd., to Shinagawa Refractories Co., Ltd. through a public tender bid offered by Shinagawa.
Sep. 2004	Closed down the Aichi plant.
Oct. 2004	Took over the battery separator business from Nippon Muki Co. Ltd. opened the Tarui plant. The separator business was spun off from Nippon Muki.
Jun. 2006	Pilkington plc. became its wholly owned subsidiary.
Feb. 2007	Tokyo headquarters And the address for head office were moved to the current address (Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo).
Jun. 2008	Sold shares in Mag to Saint-Gobain K.K. (Mag was an affiliated company accounted for under the equity method of accounting.)
Oct. 2009	Sold shares in Nippon Muki Co., Ltd. to Daikin Industries Ltd.
2011	Expanded production facility of automotive glass production plant in Poland
2018	Established the Business Innovation Center to accelerate the development and cultivation of new businesses.
2021	Announced its Mid-term Vision and its new mid-term management plan: Revival Plan 24 (RP24). Transferred the battery separator business to ENTEK based in the USA.
2022	Moved from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the Prime Market due to the TSE's reorganization.
2022	The automotive glass business in China has been transferred to China SYP Kangqiao Autoglass Co., Ltd.