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FINISHING Gillinder Glass recognizes that after glass is molded and annealed, there is often a requirement for additional operations to perfect the customers’ products. Some glass manufacturers outsource these functions. However, Gillinder Glass has chosen to create its own, fully equipped, in-house, Finishing Department which allows us to carefully control quality at all stages of production and reduces transportation costs. Our customers benefit from better quality and lower prices. Some of the feature equipment and functions of the department include: DCM Rotary Table and Lapmaster Grinders to smooth and flatten Sand Blasters to create diffusion, masking or slip resistance Horizontal, Circular, and Robotic Cutting Saws to create halves and other unique products Up Shock and Down Shock Equipment to test resistance to thermal shock Finishing Ovens to fine tune color, harden coatings, remove temper or re-anneal products Glass Painting Booth to mask areas, soften light hotpots (particularly from LEDs), or mask areas

OUR STORY From our beginning in 1861, when the firm produced "Plain, Moulded & Cut Flint Glass Ware in all its Varieties," to today's products “Engineered for Tomorrow’s Technology,” Gillinder Glass has produced custom glassware known for its quality, durability, color, and clarity. When the Company 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; Gillinder's committed to making the Company the leader in the development and production of specialty glass and custom molded components designed to enhance and protect the technology of our customers. During the American Centennial year of 1876, the Gillinder 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. Today, 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. In 1912, Gillinder Glass moved to Port Jervis, New York, and continued to evolve as one of the premier manufacturers of specially developed glass products for the developing electric light industry. Gillinder is now in its third 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. This winning policy is evident today as Gillinder Glass continues manufacturing to the highest industry standards. Components for lighting and other applications are provided to many domestic and international market segments including airfields, aerospace and defense, architectural, commercial, industrial, landscape, theatrical, and transportation. Each product is backed with over 150 years of quality and know-how. Gillinder Glass has been in the same building in Port Jervis since 1921. Upon entering 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 mold making facility) defines our facility's infrastructure, it is our experienced staff that is the root of the high quality glass products and engineered solutions we offer today. We welcome the opportunity to serve you today and in the years to come. GILLINDER STORIES Recently a local historian reached out to us after coming across an old Gillinder desk lamp that belonged to her father. Lauren said her father had a habit of choosing “significant” items to store away. Gillinder started to manufacture these blown cased shades as well as other cased shades in the mid to late 70s. Cased glass is composed of two layers of different colored glass, with the inside generally a dense opal. The dense opal was gathered first, then the core ball was blown, then it was covered with the second color, a green or amber hue. Gillinder continued to make these into the mid 80s. Do you have a story to share about Gillinder Glass? Tell us your story and send images to: cjansure@gillinderglass.com . This photo was sent to us from Ken when he came across his great grandfather, George Schauer’s, employee badge and this commemorative Gillinder box. George’s badge was issued in the 1930's and the bicentennial commemorative box was issued in 1976. The factory updated the box's design in the 1990’s (removing the dates from the sides) and sold them in the Gillinder store for many years.

Aviation OPEN STOCK CATALOG Gillinder Glass has a wide array of open tooling and molds that we have fabricated over the years to best serve our customers. This catalog reflects a large portion of our standard part number offerings. If you would like to proceed with a custom quote for an item not listed, use the 'Request for Quote' button. Airfield Catalog Landscape & Marine Catalog Globes Catalog Aero & Defense Catalog Refractors Catalog Custom RFQ Industrial Catalog Lenses Catalog Glass Types

AIRFIELD LIGHTING Gillinder Glass is the world leader in providing precision molded and fabricated glass innovation to the airfield lighting industry, carrying the largest array of open mold and custom/proprietary products for meeting military, FAA and ICAO specifications. Applications include: Helipad Lighting High Intensity Runway Lights (HIRL) Medium Intensity Runway/Taxiway Lights General Aviation Low Intensity Lights Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) Inset Prisms & Optics Obstruction/Tower Lighting LED-compatible Colored Filters and Covers Dichroic and absorption filters We have developed a complete line of airfield glass lenses, runway glass lights, prisms and other products. Our products are used with white or colored LEDs to meet EB67D and we continue to work with new light sources to provide the most innovative solutions to the builders of tomorrow’s airfield infrastructure. Gillinder products are designed to meet physical durability standards including abrasion resistance, UV protection, thermal shock resistance and impact resistance. Our open stock features hundreds of products including glass lenses, lights, domes, globes, and irregular shaped light covers. You can order from our open stock catalog or get custom engineered lenses. Our engineering team specializes in providing innovative pressed and molded glass for airfield and runway lighting solutions using the most up-to-date technology for your lighting products. Check out our catalog or fill out our custom request form today to make sure your airfield meets specifications and air traffic keeps flowing. BACK TO APPLICATIONS AIRFIELD STOCK CATALOG

GLASS PRESSING Gillinder Glass has been a world leader in the manufacture of technical pressed and molded glass for more than one hundred and sixty years. We have the capability to press and mold components as small as <1" in diameter. Our molded glass manufacturing process allows us to efficiently manufacture a multitude of glass shapes with complex designs and prismatic patterns with run sizes ranging from 50 pieces to 120,000 pieces annually. Gillinder Glass utilizes a range of manual and automated glass molding production processes that allow us precise control to match almost any dimensional and technical specification that will be applicable to a certain component. Molded glass components we currently manufacture are trusted in almost any conceivable application, ranging from wingtips of fighter jets and harsh and hazardous location fixtures on all seven continents (think offshore oil rigs and airfields), to underwater and marine lighting fixtures, food storage and prominent art installations. Today, we utilize multiple furnaces for rapid turnaround on part runs and color composition melts. This allows us to reduce lead times and manufacture in smaller runs when required.

OPEN STOCK AIRFIELD PARTS Aviation Domes Aviation Lenses

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE Gillinder Glass provides a major engineering resource to commercial, military, and private aircraft manufacturers, distributors and lighting fixture OEMs in North America and Europe. In addition to more standard products, the Gillinder Glass engineering team has developed a proprietary Thin–Wall Lens. Developed principally for military projects for improved flight performance, the process is now being marketed to the entire aerospace industry where weight reduction can be a key ingredient to success. Gillinder Glass’ specially formulated soda lime and borosilicate compositions with increased working times combined with advanced pressing technology and skilled craftsman can achieve 20% to 50% thinner wall thickness (as thin as 1 mm) while maintaining mechanical and thermal integrity. Until this technological breakthrough, pressed glass shapes this thin could not be made. Glass this thin could only be reached on flat filters through grinding and polishing or through phosphate-based molded parts not suitable to exterior environments. While we have seen our thin-walled pressed shapes satisfy many cockpit applications, we believe offering both thin-walled borosilicate and soda-lime compositions acceptable for use in exterior applications will now permit our customers to meet their weight reduction goals. Gillinder Glass supplies a broad spectrum of products and extensive capabilities for the general and commercial aircraft of today and tomorrow as well as special products for the United States military and defense industry. BACK TO APPLICATIONS AEROSPACE & DEFENSE STOCK CATALOG

IN HOUSE MOLD & DESIGN SHOP Gillinder Glass maintains a fully equipped in-house mold and design shop. From start to end of life, our customers' molds are made in house, housed in a special atmospherically controlled storage area, and maintained in pristine condition after each use to ensure consistent production of the highest quality glass. Not only do our customers benefit from the quality resulting from the creation and ongoing care of their molds, they also benefit from the in-house expertise available to assist their R & D and Product Development staff in designing superior quality parts that can be produced in the most economical fashion which produces value and competitive advantage. In addition to being prepared to work in almost all current software systems for our customers benefit, the mold shop is equipped with: Fadal Computer Controlled Vertical Milling Center 3016L Computer Controlled Bridgeport Horizontal Lathe Bridgeport Series 2 Vertical Milling Machine LeBlond Horizontal Lathe TUR 63 Lathe Welding and Braising Shop (including gas spray welding)

COMMERCIAL & ARCHITECTURAL Gillinder Glass provides solutions for specified projects requiring distinctive custom illumination. Gillinder Glass has the capability to engineer and help design your molded glass components, fabricate the molds and tooling in house, and manufacture to quality standards above those generally expected by the architectural community. Gillinder Glass has been the material of choice for decades as discerning designers strive for the optimum solution to showcase architectural projects with the best illumination available. Regardless of the light source, (incandescent, fluorescent, HID or LED) glass is unsurpassed in beauty, durability, and functionality. Typical applications include: Entryways Incandescent Diffusion Optics Street Lighting Stairways Decorative Colored Components Parking Structures Hallways Decorative Exterior Components Decorative External Lighting Gillinder Glass shapes and styles most frequently included in architectural plans include: PAR Lenses Plano Convex Lenses Decorative Trims Fresnels Concave Lenses Flat Covers Prismatic Pattern Lenses Refractors for Wallpacks BACK TO APPLICATIONS