100 Years of History
NSG Group Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary
Yokkaichi Plant at start of operations

Struggle1934 - 1949
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1935
Building Second Manufacturing Plant
Construction Plan of Yokkaichi Port -
1936
Start of the Yokkaichi Plant
under Construction of Yokkaichi Plant -
1939
Shipping the Flat Glass Exposed
News Item (Jun. 2, 1939, the Asahi Shimbun) -
1941
Merger with Tokunaga Sheet Glass
Product shipments from Tokunaga Sheet Glass -
1943
Fumio Nakamura Named President
the First President Fumio Nakamura -
1943
A Consolidation Crisis
Keijiro Kitazawa -
1944
Earthquake in Japan’s Southeast Coast
Quake Damage(1946) -
1944
Taking Stake in Nippon Glass Fiber Company
Manufacturing at Nippon Shosen Co., Ltd. -
1945
Resuming Production after the War
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1946
Formation of Labor Unions
Members of Labor and Management
(after the 1st Negotiations) -
1946
Restrictions on Financial Activities
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1948
President Nakamura Almost Expelled
Mr. and Mrs. Biggers (Chairman, LOF)
(Maizuru Plant, 1957) -
1948
Disposal of Shares Owned by Holding Company
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1949
Protecting Asset of Libbey-Owens- Ford (LOF)
Permit by Minister of Finance (Dividend for LOF) -
1949
Opening of Amagasaki Research Laboratory
Research Center ( Amagasaki, Hyogo Pref.)