Nippon Electric Glass

Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (日本電気硝子株式会社), 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).[6]

The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.[7]

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)[8][9][10][11]
• 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.[12]
• 2017: Acquired three of the largest fiberglass factories in the world from PPG, the largest of which being in Shelby, North Carolina, US.[13]

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