NordGlass, is a Polish manufacturer of windshields for the repair of passenger cars and trucks, work machinery, railways, ships and military (armored glass). Headquartered in
Koszalin
Koszalin (pronounced ; csb, Kòszalëno; formerly german: Köslin, ) is a city in northwestern Poland, in Western Pomerania. It is located south of the Baltic Sea coast, and intersected by the river Dzierżęcinka. Koszalin is also a county-sta ...
, it has 2 plants: Koszalin and Słupsk, employs over 1,000 employees, has a nationwide network of repair and replacement of car windows. Since 2015 it is a subsidiary of
AGC Inc. - the largest glass company in the world and one of the core
Mitsubishi companies.
Overview
One of the largest
Polish
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manufacturers of windshields for the repair of passenger cars and trucks, working machines, railways, ships, construction and military (armored glass), NordGlass was acquired by AGC in 2015.
2 plants, in
Koszalin
Koszalin (pronounced ; csb, Kòszalëno; formerly german: Köslin, ) is a city in northwestern Poland, in Western Pomerania. It is located south of the Baltic Sea coast, and intersected by the river Dzierżęcinka. Koszalin is also a county-sta ...
and in
Słupsk
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, with annual production exceeding one million panes, NordGlass employs over 1000 employees.
NordGlass has a nationwide network of repair and replacement of car windows.
The recipients of the main NordGlass product - windshields for motor vehicles, are the companies dealing with professional car glass replacement are all over Europe, as well as in South America (Brazil) and North Africa. Among them, a prominent position is held by Belron, the Belgian operator of Europe's largest international glass replacement network. NordGlass is one of the main windscreen suppliers for this customer.
In 2014 NordGlass manufactured the set of bulletproof windows for
Cadillac 355D Fleetwood Special made in 1934 in the USA on the special order for Marshal
Józef Piłsudski
Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Naczelnik państwa, Chief of State (1918–1922) and Marshal of Poland, First Marshal of Second Polish Republic, Poland (from 1920). He was ...
. The completion of the vehicle glazing constituted the essential part of the thorough vehicle renovation project. The original windows showed traces of bullets, most probably fired in the post-war period by the
Communist Security Service officers who were testing the resistance of glass. It is currently possible to see the renovated vehicle in the
Royal Baths Park
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(Polish: Łazienki Królewskie) in
Warsaw
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.
Products
Its main areas of production are:
* Automotive glass - windshields for repairs
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