Gillinder Glass

Highly Engaged Employees

Gillinder Glass, a sixth-generation family-owned custom glass manufacturer established in 1861 and headquartered in Port Jervis, New York, is a world leader in the production of soda-lime and borosilicate glass components engineered for demanding applications across multiple industries. The company specializes in custom-molded and hand-pressed clea... r and colored glass products manufactured from both company-owned and customer-owned molds, with capabilities spanning PAR lenses, convex covers, Fresnel lenses, vapor-tight and explosion-resistant globes, domes, cylinders, industrial globes, sight lenses, and contoured covers, along with custom-engineered shapes tailored to specific customer requirements. Gillinder Glass serves a diverse customer base across airfield, aerospace and defense, architectural, commercial, industrial, landscape, theatrical, and transportation segmentsincluding marine, rail, and subway applicationson both domestic and U.S. international markets. The company holds a significant market position as a producer of approximately 50 percent of glass components for airfield runway lights across the U.S. market, demonstrating substantial scale and critical infrastructure importance. A key competitive advantage lies in Gillinder Glass's manufacturing approach: the use of multiple day tanks and pots rather than continuous-flow techniques enables the company to produce multiple product shapes and colors daily, meeting precise customer delivery schedules while maintaining flexibility across a product's entire lifecyclefrom limited introductory quantities through full-maturity production runs to heritage volumes. This operational model, combined with the technical expertise of the company's chemists and engineers who collaborate with customers on custom glass design and development, positions Gillinder Glass to serve evolving customer needs with precision and responsiveness. The company's "Made in the USA" commitment and decades-long relationships with established customers underscore its reputation ...Read More