A circa 1940s illustration showing the Pilkington glass manufacturing process at St Helens, Lancashire, UK . The company was founded in 1826 as a partnership between members of the Pilkington and Greenall families, based in St Helens, Lancashire trading under the name of St Helens Crown Glass Company. It became known as Pilkington Brothers in 1862.

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