Building Products
Organization
NSG/Pilkington's Building Products business is organised on a regional basis, with operations in Europe, Japan, North America, South America and South East Asia.
Float glass for the building market can be sold without further processing, or processed into products with additional properties.
Products
NSG/Pilkington Building Products help control energy usage, protect against fire, insulate against noise, provide safety and security, afford decoration and privacy, are used in all-glass façades and now include self-cleaning properties. The Group is a market leader in the use of large-scale coating, laminating and silvering processes. The product range covers.
- Solar Control - In warm weather, solar control products dramatically reduce the effect of the sun's heat, minimising the need for air-conditioning.
- Thermal Insulation - During cold weather, low-emissivity (low-e) products reflect heat back into buildings.
- Fire Protection - Specially developed glasses to protect lives and valuables from fire.
- Noise Control - A range of specialist glasses that possess enhanced acoustic insulating properties to meet the increasing demands for noise control.
- Safety - Glass that is used to reduce a risk of accident by impact, fracture or shattering.
- Security - Glass that is able to withstand deliberate attacks of various kinds.
- Self-Cleaning - Dual-action self-cleaning glass
- Decoration - Glass that is used when privacy and decoration are the main requirements.
- Glass Systems - Glass for façades without frames or mullions.
- Special Applications - A range of specialist glasses such as low-iron float, very thin float or curved glass and excellent performance glass for photovoltaic solar cells.
