Forehearth for Container Glass

Minteq’s Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, plant has been supplying the container glass industry for nearly 30 years with high quality cast shapes. These cast shapes are produced to tight tolerances for your demanding applications. The materials used are proven for durability, strength, and glass corrosion resistance.

These products and our exemplary customer service, provide value during new installations and rebuilds. The distributor, forehearth, and feeder processes are our specialty.

Specialty Glass—Overview

Minteq International Inc. (MINTEQ) offers a full line of refractory solutions for the entire specialty-glass manufacturing process. These products include bricks, mortars, plastics, feeder expendables, insulating bricks and castables, castables and specialty monolithics. These products have proved their durability in furnaces throughout the Americas.

Cast shapes are a particular MINTEQ specialty. These shapes are primarily used in distributor, forehearth, and feeder processes. In each case we manufacture to exacting tolerances and provide outstanding lead-time, customer service, and quality. These and other advantages we provide to customers come from the experience of our fully integrated facility in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania.