Pilkington Automotive - Overview
The Automotive business of the NSG Group operates under the Pilkington Automotive name and is one of the world’s largest supplier of automotive glazing products.
In serving this market, Pilkington Automotive operates a global key account network, matched to the individual VM’s own organisational requirements. Within the automotive glazing industry, Pilkington led the way in globalising its account management and presenting a single face to the customer.
Pilkington Automotive operates automotive glass fabrication plants and satellite facilities throughout Europe, Japan, NAFTA, South America, China and Malaysia; 44 locations in total in 20 different countries.
Through restructuring of its established facilities and the establishment of new ones in the fast developing markets, Pilkington Automotive continues to match its asset base to regional demand, both in terms of volume and, equally as important, technical capability and service.
The Pilkington Automotive global business line was formed in the mid-1990s in recognition of the automotive industry’s own increasing globalisation. The business is now fully integrated and managed on a global basis, subsuming all of the former Pilkington and NSG Automotive operations worldwide. This new organisation enables optimisation of the NSG Group’s global asset base and its exploitation of available synergies across its business segments.
As well as its major OE facilities within each region, Pilkington Automotive operates additional capacity focused on production for the aftermarket. Pilkington Automotive has developed extensive AGR network throughout NAFTA (120 wholesale locations) and both Western and Eastern Europe (75 service facilities). It also serves the aftermarkets in Japan, South America, China and South East Asia.