Making a Difference to our World through Glass Technology
Tampere
Pilkington Automotive Finland Oy’s Tampere plant makes toughened glasses for specialized transportation vehicles, including sidelights and backlights for buses and coaches and glazing for work machine cabins. The plant focuses on small batch production of complex parts, where Pilkington has a long and solid track record. The broa
d professional knowledge and skills give birth to new product innovations on a regular basis. Laitila
Pilkington’s Laitila plant makes laminated windscreens for buses and coaches, agricultural machines and trains. Glazings installed in utility vehicles incorporate an increasing number of smart features, such as solar control, rain sensors, antennas and lane departure warning systems. Such value-added components, of course, complicate the manufacturing process, but Pilkington’s product development is always ready to accept new challenges. Marine
Pilkington Marine is a world-class manufacturer of complex ship glazings. Marine supplies glazing solutions for luxury cruisers worldwide. The turnkey solutions include everything from design to installation. Marine’s own special products include large-sized sliding glass covers for sundecks. Founded in 1826, Pilkington is a global supplier of glass and glazing solutions. The company is part of the Japanese NSG Group which employs 27,000 people worldwide. The Group has manufacturing facilities in 28 countries and the products are sold in more than 130 countries. Pilkington Automotive Finland’s Tampere and Laitila plants supply glazings mainly to tractors, harvesters, buses and coaches. The revenue of Pilkington’s Finnish plants in the latest financial period amounted to 94 million euros and they employ 650 people.
