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2. Pilkington - Wikipedia

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   Pilkington aggressively protected its patents and trade secrets through a network of licensing agreements with glass manufacturers around the world. The modern "float" technique (pouring the molten glass on a layer of very pure molten tin) became commercially widespread when Alastair Pilkington developed a practical version, patented in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

3. Libbey-Owens-Ford - Wikipedia

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   Libbey-Owens-Ford. Libbey-Owens-Ford Company (LOF) was a producer of flat glass for the automotive and building products industries both for original equipment manufacturers and for replacement use. The company's headquarters and main factories were located in Toledo, Ohio, with large float glass plants in Rossford, Ohio, Laurinburg, North ...

4. Nippon Sheet Glass - Wikipedia

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   Nippon Sheet Glass. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (日本板硝子株式会社, Nihon Ita-Garasu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese glass manufacturing company. In 2006, it acquired Pilkington of the United Kingdom. This makes NSG/Pilkington one of the four largest glass companies in the world alongside another Japanese company Asahi Glass, Saint ...

5. Triplex Safety Glass - Wikipedia

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   The Triplex Safety Glass Company Ltd was founded in 1912 by Kent -born Reginald Delpech (30 March 1881 - 29 May 1935). [2][3] The company was established in 1912 to build laminated windscreens in Britain, under French patents. On 9 September 1929 Triplex formed a joint venture company with Pilkington in St Helens. [1]

6. World of Glass, St Helens - Wikipedia

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   Website. www.worldofglass.com. The World of Glass is a local museum and visitor centre in St Helens, Merseyside, England. The museum is dedicated to the local history of the town and borough primarily through the lens of the glass industry but also looking at other local industries. [1][2][3][4] The World of Glass was founded in 2000 and is an ...

7. Self-cleaning glass - Wikipedia

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   Self-cleaning glass. Self-cleaning glass is a specific type of glass with a surface that keeps itself free of dirt and grime. The field of self-cleaning coatings on glass is divided into two categories: hydrophobic and hydrophilic. These two types of coating both clean themselves through the action of water, the former by rolling droplets and ...