Founded 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.
Fosbel IncFor more than 40 years, Cleveland-based Fosbel Inc. has developed refractory maintenance and repair solutions for coke ovens and glass furnaces, including hot ceramic welding performed while equipment remains in operation. Its work combines field service with proprietary technologies such as Nano-Tec ceramic welding powders and MICOWALL® modular coke-oven wall rebuilds. Fosbel supports customers through seven strategic global locations and reports more than 2,500 glass-furnace repairs worldwide.CLEVELAND, OH
Empire SolutionsFounded 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.CLEVELAND, OH
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
Chiz BrosFor more than five decades, family-run Chiz Bros. has supplied refractory materials and high-temperature insulation while engineering custom furnace solutions for manufacturers in the metals, power, glass and ceramics industries. Based in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, the company combines stocked warehouses with project management that can carry a furnace job from drawings and material delivery through installation guidance. Chiz Bros. has also been a Unifrax distributor and partner for more than 39 years.ELIZABETH, PA