largest glass manufacturer
Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (æ¥æ¬æ¿ç¡å­æ ªå¼ä¼ç¤¾, Nihon Ita-Garasu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese glass manufacturing company. In 2006 it purchased Pilkington of the United Kingdom. This makes NSG/Pilkington one of the four largest glass companies in the world alongside another Japanese company Asahi Glass, Saint-Gobain, and Guardian Industries. The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.