History
The company was founded by John William Bell and five other local men in 1826 under the name St. Helens Crown Glass Company. In the early seventeenth century the introduction of coal-fired furnaces in glass-making had caused most glass-production to be in the North East of England where most of the coal mines were located.
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https://www.pilkington.com/en-gb/uk/about/heritage/the-story-of-pilkington-uk
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