Pilkington Mirai™ - See the world differently. Mirai, meaning 'future' in Japanese, was developed to mark the start of the next generation of low carbon glass products to help meet stricter sustainability requirements in the built environment.

Pilkington Mirai™ architectural glass manufactured by the NSG Group, has been independently verified as having 52% less embodied carbon, certifying it as the lowest carbon glass of its kind. The independent verification comes from a new Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) now available for Pilkington Mirai™, which was launched in ...

Pilkington Mirai™ can be offered as a low carbon alternative to regular float glass, with no difference in performance, quality, or aesthetic appearance. It’s been pioneered using a combination of alternative fuel, high recycled glass content, and green electricity sources.

Founded in 1918, NSG Group acquired the leading UK-based glass manufacturer Pilkington plc in June 2006. Today, the Company has combined sales of just over JPY 627 billion, with manufacturing operations in 28 countries and sales in 105 countries, employing some 27,000 people worldwide.

The rating improvement follows the NSG Group’s latest architectural glass Pilkington Mirai™ having been independently verified as the lowest embodied carbon glass of its kind, with 52% less embodied carbon when compared to standard float glass.

Pilkington Mirai™ Pilkington Mirropane ... The Float Process, invented by Sir Alastair Pilkington in 1959, is used throughout the world to produce high quality glass for buildings and vehicles. Over the past fifty years the Group can claim to have been responsible for almost every major advance in glass technology. Pilkington glass ...