Nippon Electric Glass

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 and Osaka Securities Exchange .
• 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.
• 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.
• 2017: Acquired three of the largest fiberglass factories in the world from PPG, the largest of which being in Shelby, North Carolina.

  Products

Glass for display devices

• Glass for Liquid Crystal Displays
• *Substrate glass for LCDs
• *Glass tubing for cold cathode fluorescent lamps
• *Cell spacing for LCDs
• Glass for Plasma Display Panels
• *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