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Nippon Sheet Glass
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<p>Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (日本板硝子株式会社, <i>Nihon Ita-Garasu Kabushiki-gaisha</i>) is a Japanese <a href="/facts/Glass_production/aErFHSUC">glass manufacturing</a> company. In 2006, it acquired <a href="/facts/Pilkington/C9vxNwcU">Pilkington</a> of the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>. This makes NSG/Pilkington one of the four largest glass companies in the world alongside another Japanese company <a href="/facts/Asahi_Glass/YKGMtVJL">Asahi Glass</a>, <a href="/facts/Saint-Gobain/CRhFw3uX">Saint-Gobain</a>, and <a href="/facts/Guardian_Industries/vw1Dr5dd">Guardian Industries</a>. </p><p>The company is listed on the <a href="/facts/Tokyo_Stock_Exchange/GhGV6sc0">Tokyo Stock Exchange</a>. </p>