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PFG, a divsion of the PG Group, is the leading manufacturer of float and patterned glass in southern Africa, as well as laminated glass, mirrors, and sealant products. The company, situated near Johannesburg in South Africa, produces 260 000 tons of high quality float glass and 30 000 tons of high quality patterned glass products a year. These products are supplied to customers in various industries, around the world, from PFG's head office and through its depots in Cape Town and Durban.
PFG is part of the PG Group - a R2.5billion (US$300 million) a year organisation which employs 3 000 people at several factories and has some 200 outlets and warehouses around the world. Exports account for a significant portion of the Group's revenue. The PG Group comprises six operating companies serving three broad streams - the flat and building glass markets, the automotive glass market, and the aluminium market. The PG Group companies are
The history of the PG Group dates back to 1897, when the Plate Glass Bevelling and Silvering Company was established in Cape Town. It was from this small beginning that PGSI grew, flourishing under the guidance of Morris Lubner, to be floated on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1946. Then, in 1992, PGSI acquired the Pilkington interest to hold 100% of GSA. At that stage, all the manufacturing and processing facilities for building glass were consolidated on the Springs site. The float glass line supplies the entire South African glass industry; from the merchants and distributors of building glass, furniture and appliance manufacturers, to aluminium fabricators and manufacturers of automotive glass.
Following the unbundling and de-listing of PGSI in 1999, Glass South Africa was renamed PG Group. The operating divisions of the Group are PFG Building Glass, Shatterprufe, PG Glass, GSA, GSA Africa, Primador and Widney.
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