• Sir Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington OBE FRS (7 January 1920 – 5 May 1995), known as Sir Alastair Pilkington, was a British engineer and businessman...
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  • 1951, Chance became wholly owned by Pilkington. Between 1953 and 1957, Pilkington employees Alastair Pilkington (no family relation) and Kenneth Bickerstaff...
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    Cowley Hill Works St Helens, Lancashire, Sir Alastair Pilkington and Kenneth Bickerstaff of the UK's Pilkington Brothers developed the first successful commercial...
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    Edward D. Libbey Dante Marioni Antonio Neri Michael Joseph Owens Alastair Pilkington Flavio Poli Salviati Otto Schott Henry William Stiegel S. Donald...
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  • Pilkington is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alan Pilkington (born c. 1964), British engineer and professor Alastair Pilkington...
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  • Alastair Pilkington as chairman in 1980 and served until 1995, having joined the board in 1973 when his second cousin once removed Baron Pilkington retired...
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    process, developed between 1953 and 1957 by Sir Alastair Pilkington and Kenneth Bickerstaff of the UK's Pilkington Brothers, who created a continuous ribbon...
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    Edward D. Libbey Dante Marioni Antonio Neri Michael Joseph Owens Alastair Pilkington Flavio Poli Salviati Otto Schott Henry William Stiegel S. Donald...
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    Alastair Pilkington The first commercial electroplating process – George Elkington The Wilson Yarn Clearer – Peter Wilson Float Glass – Alastair Pilkington...
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  • the Pilkington process, named after the British glass manufacturer Pilkington, who pioneered the technique (invented by Sir Alastair Pilkington) in the...
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