Corporate History
| Nov 1918 | Obtained technology from Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. of the United States to produce flat glass using the Colburn process. Established as America Japan Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. with its head office in Osaka. |
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| May 1919 | Established the Wakamatsu Plant in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. |
| Jan 1931 | Changed the company name to Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. |
| Aug 1935 | Established the Yokkaichi Plant in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture. |
| Mar 1941 | Acquired Tokunaga Sheet Glass Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and added the Amagasaki Plant in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, to the company's production capacity. |
| Aug 1941 | Established the Tokyo Branch Office. |
| Nov 1944 | Ceased operations at the Amagasaki Plant and transferred the plant to Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. |
| Aug 1947 | Established the Osaka Branch Office and Kokura Branch Office. |
| Aug 1948 | Established the Nagoya Branch Office. |
| Nov 1949 | Established a research laboratory in Amagasaki. |
| Mar 1951 | Established the Maizuru Plant in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture. |
| Nov 1953 | Established the Otaru Branch Office. |
| Jun 1961 | Completed construction of the Head Office building in Osaka. |
| Apr 1963 | Established the Sendai Branch Office. |
| Sep 1963 | Established the Chiba Plant in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture. |
| Dec 1963 | Relocated the Otaru Branch Office in Sapporo and established the Sapporo Branch Office. |
| Nov 1964 | Installed a new float glass manufacturing process at the Maizuru Plant. |
| Jul 1968 | Transferred the research laboratory to a new site in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture. |
| Jul 1969 | Installed new figured glass manufacturing equipment at the Chiba Plant. |
| Oct 1970 | Acquired Nippon Safety Glass Co., Ltd. and added its Kawasaki Plant in Kawasaki and its Kyoto Plant in Kyoto to the company's production capacity. |
| Aug 1971 | Installed a new float glass manufacturing process at the Chiba Plant. |
| Nov 1971 | Established Malaysian Sheet Glass Berhad. |
| Aug 1972 | Relocated the Kokura Branch Office to Fukuoka and established the Fukuoka Branch Office. |
| May 1973 | Established the Hiroshima Branch Office. |
| Dec 1977 | Closed the Wakamatsu Plant. |
| Jun 1978 | Installed a new float glass manufacturing process at the Maizuru Plant. |
| Jul 1979 | Obtained the sales right of glass fiber products from Nippon Glass Fiber Co., Ltd. and commenced sale of glass fiber. |
| Dec 1979 | Took over the management of the Tsuchiura Plant from Nippon Glass Fiber Co., Ltd and started operation as the Tsuchiura Works. |
| Jul 1980 | Established the Sagamihara Works at Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. |
| Oct 1983 | Established a new research laboratory at Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture. |
| Sep 1986 | Established United L-N Glass, Inc. |
| Apr 1987 | Established Nippon Micro G-Wool Co. Ltd. (later renamed MAG Co., Ltd.) to undertake the manufacture and sale of glass wool. |
| Oct 1987 | Established NSG Europe N.V./S.A. |
| Mar 1990 | Invested in Libbey-Owens-Ford Co. |
| Jun 1990 | Closed the Kawasaki Plant. |
| Jul 1990 | Renamed the Sagamihara Works the Sagamihara Plant. |
| Nov 1991 | Established the Aichi Plant at Toyota, Aichi Prefecture. |
| Apr 1993 | Invested in Triplex Safety Glass, Ltd. |
| Mar 1995 | Established Vietnam Float Glass Co., Ltd. |
| Jul 1995 | Established NSG Asia Pte. Ltd. |
| Aug 1995 | Established Suzhou NSG Electronics Co., Ltd. |
| Nov 1996 | Established NSG philippines, Inc. |
| Jan 1997 | Established Tianjin NSG Float Glass Co., Ltd. |
| Feb 1998 | Commenced new float furnace operations at the Maizuru Plant. |
| Apr 1999 | Merged with Nippon Glass Fiber Co., Ltd. and Micro Optics Co., Ltd. |
| Jul 2000 | Invested in Pilkington Plc. |
| Apr 2001 | Acquired Nippon Muki Co., Ltd. |
| Oct 2001 | Affiliated with Pilkington Plc. under the equity method. |
| Sep 2002 | Transferred the continuous glass fiber business to Established NSG Vetrotex K.K. |
| Jan 2004 | Sold majority of the shares in Tianjin NSG Float Glass Co., Ltd. to Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington Glass Co., Ltd. |
| Mar 2004 | Sold the glass disk business to Hoya Corp. |
| Jul 2004 | Moved the registered head office from Osaka to Tokyo.(Minato Ward) |
| Sep 2004 | Closed the Aichi Plant. |
| Oct 2004 | Acquired the battery separator business from Nippon Muki Co., Ltd. and added its Tarui Plant to the company's production capacity. |
| Dec 2005 | Acquired remaining 50% equty of Suzhou NSG AFC Thin Films Electronics Co., Ltd.and made it a subsidiary. |
| Jun 2006 | Acquired remaining 80% equty of Pilkington plc. and made it a subsidiary. |
| Nov 2006 | Commenced the operation of NGF Asia Co.,Ltd.(Established May-2005) |
