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Page 1 of 1 <br /> PiLingion in the United States of AnWa <br /> Searc <br /> Q PILKINGTON <br /> Home Corporate Information <br /> Building Products Home I United States I Pilkington in the USA I Pilkington in the USA <br /> Specialty/Technical <br /> Automotive AGR Pilkington in the United States of America <br /> Automotive OE <br /> Special Glass <br /> Pilkington in the USA Pilkington in North America manufactures and markets flat and safety glass for the building and automotive <br /> Employment Opportunities markets. Its sales in 2002/03 were about $1 billion, made up of 27 per cent building products and 73 per cent <br /> automotive products. The Group has six float glass lines, six automotive glass fabrication operations, and a <br /> network of some 100 wholesale centers supplying automotive replacement glass. The North American <br /> automotive business is made up of 56 per cent Original Equipment (OE) and 44 per cent Automotive Glass <br /> Replacement AGR. <br /> Float glass operations <br /> • Six float glass lines: Rossford, Ohio (2); Laurinburg, North Carolina (2); Ottawa, Illinois (1); Lathrop, <br /> California (1) <br /> Automotive glass Original Equipment operations <br /> The OE automotive fabrication operations in North America consist of the following plants: <br /> • Collingwood, Ontario, Canada - production of laminated glass. <br /> • Shelbyville, Indiana - production of toughened glass. <br /> • United LN Glass Inc. (ULNG), Versailles, Kentucky, USA - 50:50 joint venture with Nippon Sheet Glass <br /> of Japan, producing both laminated and toughened glass. Serves primarily Japanese transplants. <br /> • In addition, there are two modular facilities located In Michigan, at Clinton and Niles, which add value to <br /> fabricated parts. <br /> Automotive Glass Replacement operations <br /> • The AGR operations in North America produce laminated and toughened glass for the automotive glass <br /> replacement market.The ratio of laminated to toughened glass Is approximately 3:1.The operation has <br /> one manufacturing facility, based in Mexicali, Mexico. Products are transferred from this facility to a <br /> hio from whre they are <br /> external <br /> retai e0rs u and wholesale clustomers. In addition, the business hase <br /> esome 90 company-owned stributed o <br /> ant'ownedwholesale <br /> service centers. <br /> ,Choose Another Country .._. <br /> ---- Legal Notice 1 Privacy Practices © Copyright 2003 <br /> Pllkington Pic <br /> Prescot Road St Helens WA10 3TT United Kingdom <br /> Tel +44 (0)1744 28882 Fax +44 (0)1744 692660 <br /> http://www.pilkington.com/the+americas/usa/english/pilkington+in+the+usa/default.htm 11/18/2003 <br />