1992

Expansion in Poland

Sir Anthony Pilkington, unveiled the cornerstone of the first Polish Float line in Sandomierz (November 1993).

Concentrating on its core businesses of flat and safety glass, the Group began a program of disposal and new investment. It acquired a 45 percent shareholding in International Glass Poland, a processor and distributor of glass building products, and a 40 percent stake in a joint venture in Poland to construct the country's first float plant.