Hiroaki Nomura

Hiroaki Nomura graduated from Ritsumeikan University (Japan) in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree of Commercial Law.  Mr. Nomura started his career at Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (NEG) in 1983 and serves as the president of Electric Glass Fiber America LLC (subsidiary of NEG) since 2019. The business focuses on manufacturing fiber glass products for a broad range of commercial composite applications, covering automobile, chemical transportation, wind turbine blades, construction materials, infrastructure, etc. For nearly 40 years of his tenure, Mr. Nomura has various leadership roles within NEG, vice president since 2014, general manager in charge of the sales and marketing in the Glass Fiber Division from 2010 to 2013, and general manager of the sales, marketing, and production planning from 1999 to 2001 in NEG (Malaysia).

Presentation title: The Role of Fiber Glass for Contribution to SDG’s

Abstract:   Nippon Electric Glass (NEG) has a combined history of fiber glass manufacturing and research development for more than 70 years. This presentation will cover three major areas, 1) a brief review of major contributions of the fiber glass in renewable wind energy generation, transportation, and building thermal insulation, 2) melting process technology improvement in combination of the reuse of “waste” glass to lower energy usage and CO₂ reduction, and 3) NEG’s CO₂ emission reduction targets in both short term (2030) and long term (2050) in a joint global effort in meeting the specific goals under the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.