Nippon Electric Glass

Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 5214; Nikkei 225 Component
Industry	Glass
Founded	(December 1, 1949; 74 years ago)
Headquarters	7-1, Seiran 2-chome, Ōtsu, Shiga 520-8639, Japan
Key people	Yuzo Izutsu; (Chairman of the Board); Masayuki Arioka [jp]; (President)
Products	Glass products; Glassmaking machinery;
Revenue	US$ 2.4 billion (FY 2013) (¥ 252.54 billion) (FY 2013)
Net income	US$ 118.2 million (FY 2013) (¥ 12.43 billion) (FY 2013)
Number of employees	5,275 (consolidated as of June 2014)
Website	Official website
	Footnotes / references;

Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (日本電気硝子株式会社, Nippon Denki Garasu Kabushiki-gaisha), also known as NEG, is a Japanese glass manufacturer. The company is a manufacturer of glass for flat panel displays (FPD). It has about 20% share in the world's production of glass for liquid crystal displays (LCD).^[5]

The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.^[6]

History

1944: Established with investment from NEC Corporation and other companies.
1949: Separated from NEC, and Nippon Electric Glass was founded as an independent company.
1951: Successfully began use of the Danner process to form glass tubing automatically; initiated mass production.
1956: Started continuous production of glass tubing using a tank furnace.
1965: Started production of black-and-white CRT glass.
1968: Started production of color CRT glass.
1973: Company stock listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE) (Second Section).
1974: Started production of thin sheet glass for LCDs.
1983: Company stock transferred to the First Section of the TSE and OSE.
1988: Started CRT glass operations in the US via joint venture with O-I Glass. (Techneglas)^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
1998: Started production of PDP substrate glass using the float process.
1999: Acquired ISO 14001 certification for all plants in Japan.
1999: Started production of LCD substrate glass by the overflow process.
2004: Ended CRT glass production in the US and Mexico.
2010: Started production of substrate glass for solar cells.^[11]
2017: Acquired three of the largest fiberglass factories in the world from PPG, the largest of which being in Shelby, North Carolina, US.^[12]

Products

Glass for display devices

Glass for Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs)
- Substrate glass for LCDs
- Glass tubing for cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL)
- Cell spacing for LCDs (micro rods)
Glass for Plasma Display Panels (PDPs)
- Substrate glass for PDPs
- Glass pastes for PDPs
- Glass for exhaust tubes, tablets, and firing setters
Glass for CRTs
- Panel glass for CRTs
- CRT neck tubes, stem tubes, and exhaust tubes

Glass for electronic devices

Powder glass
Cover glass for image sensors
Glass for diodes
Glass for laser diodes
Glass for optical devices
- Glass ferrules and micro capillaries for optical connectors
- Glass material for aspherical lenses
- Collimator components
- Micro prisms
- Coupler housing

Glass fiber

Chopped strands for function plastics
Yarns for printed circuit boards
Roving for reinforced plastic
Alkali resistant glass fiber

Building materials, heat-resistant glass

Glass for building materials
- Glass blocks
- Glass-ceramic building materials
- Fire-rated glass
- Radiation shielding glass
Heat-resistant glass
- Super heat-resistant glass-ceramic
- Super heat-resistant glass-ceramic for cooking appliance top plates
- Heat-resistant glass
Glass for lighting and medical use
- Glass for lighting
- Glass for medical and laboratory applications
- Glass for thermos flasks

Glassmaking and processing machinery

References

^ "Top Message". Retrieved 2024-01-11.
^ "Corporate Information". Nippon Electric Glass. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
^ "Company Summary". Google Finance. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
^ "Corporate Financials". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on September 5, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
^ "Display Glass: Bigger, Thinner, and Stronger". Society for Information Display. January 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
^ "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
^ "Television glass-maker Techneglas owes creditors $50 million".
^ "Techneglas plant shutting down; 382 jobs lost - 2004-08-03 - Business First of Columbus". Archived from the original on 2005-03-02.
^ "Construction of Distribution Building Begins on the Former Techneglas Site". Associated Press. 14 November 2018.
^ "Former O-I TV tube venture to halt output".
^ "Company History". Nippon Electric Glass. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
^ "PPG Reaches Agreement with Nippon Electric Glass for Sale of Remaining Fiberglass Operations". Pittsburgh Plate Glass Industries. Retrieved August 22, 2017.

External links

Official website (in English)

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[1] "Top Message". Retrieved 2024-01-11.

[2] "Corporate Information". Nippon Electric Glass. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

[3] "Company Summary". Google Finance. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

[4] "Corporate Financials". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on September 5, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

[5] "Display Glass: Bigger, Thinner, and Stronger". Society for Information Display. January 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2014.

[6] "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

[7] "Television glass-maker Techneglas owes creditors $50 million".

[8] "Techneglas plant shutting down; 382 jobs lost - 2004-08-03 - Business First of Columbus". Archived from the original on 2005-03-02.

[9] "Construction of Distribution Building Begins on the Former Techneglas Site". Associated Press. 14 November 2018.

[10] "Former O-I TV tube venture to halt output".

[11] "Company History". Nippon Electric Glass. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

[12] "PPG Reaches Agreement with Nippon Electric Glass for Sale of Remaining Fiberglass Operations". Pittsburgh Plate Glass Industries. Retrieved August 22, 2017.

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