Group Company History
Pilkington Group Ltd
The mechanical production developed during the 1920s.
Pilkington Group Ltd
Rise of a market leader1826 - 1950
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1826
Foundation in St Helens
The St Helens Crown Glass Works. Artist’s impression of Greenall & Pilkington in the 1830s. -
1840
Cylinder Process
After the removal of the glass excise duty in 1845, sheet glass manufacture (e.g. with the cylinder process) was a considerable advantage. -
1849
Pilkington Brothers
Horse and cart for local glass deliveries. -
1860
Fast growth
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1863
Innovative time
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1871
Production of plate glass
An artist’s impression of the plate glassworks at Cowley Hill, St Helens, in 1879. -
1892
International expansion
The first overseas depot Busby Lane, Montreal, Canada (1890). -
1894
Pilkington became a limited company
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1901
Single player in the UK
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1920
Development of production
The glass is cut at the top of the annealing tower and sheets are lifted off. -
1929
Joint venture with triplex
Advertisement of “Triplex Toughened” -
1935
“Twin” machine
The ribbon of glass passing between twin
grinding heads.