Nippon Electric Glass

Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (日本電気硝子株式会社, Nippon Denki Garasu Kabushiki-gaisha), 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]

Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

Logo used since 2022
Headquarters in Seiran, Otsu
Native name	日本電気硝子株式会社
Romanized name	Nippon Denki Garasu Kabushiki-gaisha
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 5214 Nikkei 225 Component
Industry	Glass
Founded	December 1, 1949; 75 years ago (1949-12-01)
Headquarters	7-1, Seiran 2-chome, Ōtsu, Shiga , Japan
Key people	Motoharu Matsumoto[1] (Chairman of the Board) Akira Kishimoto[1] (President)
Products	Glass products Glassmaking machinery
Revenue	¥279.974 billion (2023) [2]
Net income	¥26.285 billion (2023) [2]
Number of employees	5,578 [1]
Website	www.neg.co.jp/en/
Footnotes / references [3][4][5]

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]

Products

Glass for display devices Glass for Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) Substrate glass for LCDs Glass tubing for cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFL) Cell spacing for LCDs (micro rods) Glass for Plasma Display Panels (PDPs) 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