Overview
Japanese multinational glass manufacturer and one of the world's four largest glass companies. Founded in 1918 as Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5202), the group acquired UK-based Pilkington plc in 2006.
NSG Group operates in three business areas: Architectural Glass, Automotive Glass, and Technical Glass, with manufacturing in 29 countries and sales in 130 countries. The company employs approximately 25,000 people and has introduced AI inspection robots in its glass fiber manufacturing operations.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Current leadership (1)
- Munehiro Hosonuma President & CEOsecondary-verified
Former / Previously (1)
- Shigeki Mori President & CEOsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for NSG Group.
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Recent coverage
NSG Group in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- elevated
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Review status verifiedVerifiedJun 19, 2026
unreviewed -> reverified
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
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Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-27
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-27
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
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Methodology surface for NSG Group.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning NSG Group from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Nippon Sheet Glass - Wikipedia
Wikipedia article on Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG Group), covering its 1918 founding, 2006 Pilkington acquisition, and current status as one of the world's four largest glass…
NSG Group Announces Change in Leadership
NSG Group announced that Munehiro Hosonuma would replace Shigeki Mori as President and CEO, effective April 1, 2023.
NSG Group: Automation in Glass Manufacturing
NSG Group deployed AI-powered automation across its glass manufacturing operations using Automation Anywhere, streamlining processes in automotive, architectural, and technical…
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Machine-readable surfaces
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- Revision history: /companies/nsg-group/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place NSG Group against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
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Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Dimension breakdown
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Attention (reach, not merit)
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Last computed: Jul 27, 2026