Pilkington Automotive Glass Replacement (AGR) provides OEM quality glass products to auto glass replacement professionals throughout the United States, with markets extending into Canada and Mexico. To meet the custom and critical needs of a variety of customers,

Pilkington Automotive specializes in providing high-quality glass products and solutions for vehicles, ensuring safety, durability, and aesthetic appeal.

Windshields, sidelites, backlites, accessories and specialty AGR products are included in the customer offering of Pilkington North America AGR. Pilkington offers technological innovations in Automotive Safety Glass that can protect vehicle occupants and reduce potential for injury. Products include both laminated and tempered glass.

Pilkington North America operates five float glass lines: Rossford, Ohio (2); Laurinburg, North Carolina (2); and Ottawa, Illinois (1). In addition, NSG Glass North America operates a float glass line in Luckey, Ohio. The automotive fabrication operations in North America consist of the following plants:

A windshield does many things for an automobile. It complements the car's aerodynamic design. It provides optimum visibility. Special solar control glass compositions even protect the interior from the sun's harmful rays. But no auto glass function is more important than protecting the people inside the vehicle.

The car's structural integrity and design performance in the event of a crash depends on the strength of the windshield. While there isn't a federal regulation requiring a broken windshield to be replaced, several states have different laws regarding replacement criteria.

Pilkington Optifloat™ Tinted solar control glass reduces unwanted heat gain, while admitting high natural daylight to enhance visual performance and lower artificial lighting needs. The glasses come in different colors: Green, Blue-Green, Bronze, and Grey.

Pilkington OptiView™ offers all the traditional benefits of laminated glass, such as improved safety, enhanced security, durability and acoustic properties. Furthermore, it provides protection from UV radiation (UVA and UVB) by blocking over 99% of UV transmittance, helping to reduce fading of the contents and interiors of a building.

Provides passive protection from the effects of fire for up to 180 minutes allowing maximum use of natural light and enabling all areas of a building to be occupied. Reduces the noise inside a building to acceptable levels without sacrificing daylight. Reduces the need for cleaning exterior glazing through a dual-action coating.

Reduces the need for cleaning exterior glazing through a dual-action coating. It uses daylight and rain to break down and wash away organic dirt. Thanks to its revolutionary coating, our Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning range of glass stays cleaner, all-year round.