Founded more than two decades ago by third-generation refractory worker Greg Peak, Empire Solutions designs, builds, and repairs high-temperature furnaces and kilns. The company serves industrial and government clients from offices in Michigan, Alabama, and Ohio, handling refractory construction and maintenance across heat-intensive operations. Its work ranges from emergency furnace repairs to complete relines and retrofits.
Fuse Tech IncorporatedFounded in 1993 by Carl Firestone, Cadiz-based Fuse Tech repairs and maintains high-temperature industrial furnaces and their refractory linings using ceramic welding and other proprietary methods. Its specialty is performing many repairs while furnaces remain hot and operating, helping glass and coke producers extend furnace life without a full shutdown. Fuse Tech’s employees bring more than 150 years of combined ceramic-welding and refractory-repair experience, and the company mixes and tests its exclusive welding materials in-house.CADIZ, OH
Upstate Refractory Services, IncEstablished in 2002, Upstate Refractory Services is a family-owned and operated company providing refractory manufacturing, materials, and installation services. It designs and builds custom industrial furnaces and refractory precast shapes, and also repairs and upgrades existing furnace equipment. The company describes its operation as having in-house engineering, CNC capability, and three New York locations.NEWARK, NY
Castruction CompanyFor more than 55 years, Salem-based Castruction Company has made specialty refractory shapes and provided furnace-relined and maintenance services for temperature-intensive industries including steel, aluminum, forging, and foundry operations. Its 23,000-square-foot fabrication shop and on-site drying capacity let the company take refractory projects from fabrication through completion, including repairs and complete furnace relines.SALEM, OH
HWI, A member of CalderysHWI makes refractory products and provides high-temperature engineering and service for industries that rely on furnaces, kilns, and metalmaking equipment. Tracing its roots to 1865, the company now operates as the Americas brand of Calderys, with 25 manufacturing sites and 20 distribution centers across the Americas. Its Advanced Technology and Research Center in Pennsylvania is the largest refractory research facility in North America, supporting HWI’s specialty in solving demanding heat-containment and lining challenges.NIAGARA FALLS, NY