| Gillinder Glass, manufacturers of superior quality Aviation glass,
glass for Industrial and Military applications as well as glass Lenses, Marine glass
and residential and custom glass, since 1861. |


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From
its beginnings in 1861, when the firm produced "Plain,
Moulded & Cut Flint Glass Ware in all its Varieties," to
today's lighting covers, Gillinders have produced glassware
worth noting. When Gillinder Glass began manufacturing glass
chimneys and chemical glassware, we could not have known
what the advent of electric lighting would do for our business.
Today, our products are incorporated into the best lighting
products in the world. Throughout it all, one thing has remained
constant. As in 1861, we continue to strive today to be at
the forefront of technology in the development of specialty
glass manufacturing and custom glass molding.
This winning
policy is evident today as Gillinder Glass continues manufacturing
to the highest industry standards across several markets covering
industrial, commercial, airport, aircraft, marine, landscape,
fountain, pool, and spa lighting as well as many more niche lighting
markets. Each product is backed with over 140 years of quality
and know-how.
In the American Centennial
year of 1876, the Company built an exhibition glass factory on Philadelphia's
Centennial fairgrounds. Visitors could see huge glass melting pots as
well as the actual production of glass Centennial souvenirs. The factory
was a tremendous success and one of the exhibition's most popular attractions.
Examples of Gillinder
Glass can be found in numerous collections, private and public, including
those at the Museum of American Glass, the Smithsonian's National Museum
of American History, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The firm also
recreated historic lighting glassware for the Library of Congress.
Gillinder is now
in its second century of providing high quality glass products with friendly
service, growing from a single-focus local business to a world leader
of pressed glass in multiple markets.
Our factory building
is the original Gillinder Brothers building. Inside the historic facade
is a modern company whose roots are deep but whose sights are set on
a bright future. While 21st century technology, from state-of-the-art
mixing
and tempering facilities to computer aided presses to our on-site mould
making facility, define our facility's infrastructure, it's our experienced
staff that is the root of the high quality glass products and engineering
solutions we offer today. We welcome the opportunity to serve you both
today and
in the years to come.
Sincerely,
Charles Gillinder
President
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