NSG Group invests in the production of glass in Poland

Company Pilkington IGP - one of the largest manufacturers of glass and flat glass for the construction industry - has acquired the Polish company Polskie Szyby Termoizolacyjne (PST), specializing in the production of window glass. This investment will increase the current production capacity of the company.

Agreement to acquire the Polish producer glass Polskie Szyby Termoizolacyjne (Polskie shyby termoizolyatsyyne) of Ostrolentsa Pilkington IGP, one of the three companies in the NSG Group in Poland, signed on July 7, 2014.

Acquisition of equipment fleet PST preserving jobs current frame will be the basis of creating new plant Pilkington IGP - Ostrolentse subdivision (Pilkington IGP - Oddzia? Ostro??ka). Investment means an increase in the production of glass and glass products special NSG Group, providing architectural designs glazed relevant parameters in terms of energy efficiency, solar protection, sound insulation and security.

Granitsky Krzysztof (Krzysztof Granicki), CEO of Pilkington IGP and Pilkington Polska, said that the establishment of a branch in Ostrolenka Pilkington IGP - is another step in the investment strategy of NSG Group, carried out in light of the growing market demand for specialized products line brand, characterized by attractive rates for light transmission and energy efficiency. NSG Group, Pilkington IGP, Polskie Szyby Termoizolacyjne (PST), production of glass PST Business Acquisition means creating a new division of the company and implementation of standards Pilkington IGP security, customer service and product quality, as well as further investment in the modernization of machinery and equipment, additional expansion IT infrastructure and implementation of operating systems to serve customers and employees.

Pilkington IGP is one of the leading glass in Poland, one in four are double-glazed window made under the sign of the brand. The company has 6 branches across the country and has more than 800 employees. Pilkington IGP offer includes all the configurations of flat glass for building, facade glazing of all types and systems, thermal insulation, safe, burglary, bullet-proof, fire-resistant glazing, as well as a wide range of internal glazing.

Recognizing the potential and market demand for products with high added value, NSG Group recently decided to make the following investments:

- Expansion of production and processing glass factory Pilkington IGP in Skierniewice;

- Installation of tempering furnace for Pilkington IGP branch in Szczecin;

- Launching a new line of laminating glass, allowing to increase the production of laminated glass to 100,000 square meters per year.

Glass factories Pilkington IGP in Poland is the Polish market, as well as the markets of the Scandinavian countries, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Ukraine.

Company Polskie Szyby Termoizolacyjne (PST) on the market since June 1995. It is worth noting that the company PST first in Poland in 2004 received the British BSI certificate marked KITEMARK for their products exported to the UK market, and in 2002 the company has implemented a quality management system ISO 9001:2000. Today, the company is synonymous with product innovation, exceptional customer service and a well thought out business ethics. It produces single-and triple-pane windows in different functional combinations, including tempered glass. Glazing company, as a participant of the program GlasMax, installed in the windows and facades of dozens of companies for the window industry in Poland and Europe.