Nippon Electric Glass Co. – Glass for Future

Lexington Plant

Shelby Plant

Nippon Electric Glass
(NEG) is one of the largest glass fiber manufacturers in the world, with
manufacturing and sales in all three major world regions (Americas, Asia and
Europe).  The Glass Fiber Division is one of
several businesses that make up the global NEG Group – a leading manufacturer of specialty glass, headquartered in Otsu,
Japan – that manufactures and sells a broad range of high
technology glass products.  NEG has a
strong focus on customer satisfaction, technology and social
responsibility.  The global NEG Glass Fiber business has a mission
of being the world’s leading manufacturer of high performance, high quality glass fiber products, with a focus
on investing in the growth of the business in all regions.

NEG US Glass Fiber includes the former PPG Glass Fiber business unit in the Americas, as well as Sales and Marketing resources that import products from other NEG locations.  The NEG acquisition of PPG’s US Glass Fiber operation was completed on September 1, 2017.  The US operation has been in existence since 1959 and now includes two manufacturing sites in North Carolina.  There is also a Research & Development site in Shelby, NC and a Sales/Business office in the Pittsburgh area.  In total, NEG US employs approximately one thousand people in a wide variety of commercial, technical, manufacturing and business roles.

The Glass Fiber Division manufactures a range of thermoplastic and thermoset compatible direct roving and chopped strand products, along with continuous strand mat, mult-end roving and wet use chopped strands.  These products and NEG’s technical and commercial resources support a wide range of applications in the market – including transportation, wind energy, oil and gas piping, infrastructure and construction.  NEG’s glass fiber is used as the primary reinforcement in these applications.