Founded by glassblower Justin Davis, Queen City Scientific makes and repairs custom scientific glassware in Cincinnati, turning client sketches and specifications into precise borosilicate and quartz pieces. Davis brings 20 years of glassblowing experience and a degree in Scientific Glass Technology to work ranging from laboratory equipment repairs to engineered instrumentation, serving scientific clients worldwide.
NavCour GlasswareNavCour Glassware grew from Doug Navalinsky’s 2004 partnership with pharmaceutical distributor Eli Coury into a Lorain operation serving more than 150 clients worldwide. Navalinsky brought experience from Aldrich Chemical Co. and Lab Glass, while today’s staff combines decades of neon-tube bending and scientific glassblowing. The company is best known for custom scientific glassware and real-neon work, including repairs when a specialized piece can be saved rather than remade.LORAIN, OH
Tecglass & Instruments, LLCFor more than three decades, Tecglass & Instruments, LLC has built its identity around the skilled work of a scientific glassblowing team with more than 50 years of combined experience. From its Marion, New York shop, the company creates custom laboratory apparatus for scientific-industry clients and is especially noted for making its own cyanide blocks.MARION, NY
Eagle Laboratory Glass Company, LLCSince Merritt Heck started Eagle Laboratory Glass Company just outside Cleveland in 1968, this small family business has made and repaired borosilicate laboratory glassware. Daughter Yvonne began glassblowing there in 1981, bought the company in 1994, and remains its owner and lead glassblower, while her son carries the craft into a third generation. The Painesville shop produces catalog and custom pieces to order and repairs damaged glassware when replacement would cost more.PAINESVILLE, OH
Quartz SupplySince 1997, Great Lakes Glasswerks has operated as Quartz Supply, supplying fused-quartz tubing, rods and other glassware from Painesville, Ohio. Its specialty is taking quartz from stock or customer-supplied material and machining or fabricating it to precise shapes and dimensions, including high-volume small-bore and angle-cut work. The company also handles prototyping and quartz-glass repair, giving customers a path from an initial sketch to a finished part.PAINESVILLE, OH