Within the OE glazing market, light vehicles, including all cars, light trucks and the various cross-over vehicle styles such as sports utility vehicles and people carriers, currently account for around 97 per cent of global vehicle build.

Pilkington Automotive operates as a single global organisation serving the Original Equipment (OE) and Automotive Glass Replacement (AGR) Aftermarket sectors. Principal operations are in Europe, Japan, North America, South America, China and Malaysia, combined into an integrated worldwide business unit, across all regions and distribution channels.

High quality glass production starts with the float process, developed by Pilkington and now the industry standard. Automotive glass production includes pre-processing, toughening, laminating, encapsulation, extrusion and assembly, adding functionality.

Pilkington Automotive products include advanced solar control glass for passenger comfort, glass heating systems to control condensation and icing, security glazing and glazing systems, including encapsulations, extrusions and components, added after basic manufacturing.

The NSG Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of glass and glazing systems in three major business areas: Architectural Glass Products, Automotive and Technical Glass. Founded in 1918, NSG Group acquired the leading UK-based glass manufacturer Pilkington plc in June 2006.

Automotive is a section on our website with information about automotive glazing products and solutions

Pilkington Automotive has long been a market leader in body-tinted glass compositions. Optikool™ and EZ-KOOL® are green, optimised solar absorbing glasses, providing significant improvement to occupant comfort.

For the past 25 years the standard glazing constructions for automotive vehicles have been laminated glass for the windshield and toughened glass for the side and rear glazings.

Pilkington Automotive has extensive experience in design integration, where Pilkington engineers work side by side with customers to achieve the optimum design for function and manufacture.

There are two basic forms of glass shaping and strengthening for automotive applications, though hybrid processes have more recently been developed. Automotive Toughening. Toughened glass, or tempered glass as it is sometimes called, is most frequently used in the rear and side windows of vehicles.