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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:company
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gptkbp:acquiredBy
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gptkb:Nippon_Sheet_Glass
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gptkbp:acquisitionYear
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2006
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gptkbp:category
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British glassmakers
manufacturing companies of England
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gptkbp:formerName
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Pilkington plc
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gptkbp:founded
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1826
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:John_Pilkington
gptkb:William_Pilkington
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gptkbp:headquarters_location
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gptkb:St_Helens,_Merseyside,_England
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Pilkington Brothers
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gptkbp:industry
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glass manufacturing
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gptkbp:keyPerson
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gptkb:Sir_Alastair_Pilkington
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gptkbp:listedOn
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gptkb:London_Stock_Exchange_(until_2006)
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:St_Helens,_England
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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developed the float glass process in the 1950s
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gptkbp:notableInvention
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float glass process
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gptkbp:notableProduct
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float glass
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gptkbp:numberOfEmployees
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over 20,000 (at peak)
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gptkbp:parentCompany
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gptkb:Nippon_Sheet_Glass
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gptkbp:product
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gptkb:glass
specialty glass
architectural glass
solar glass
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gptkbp:servesArea
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worldwide
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gptkbp:subsidiary
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gptkb:Nippon_Sheet_Glass
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gptkbp:website
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https://www.pilkington.com
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Chance_Brothers_glassworks
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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