The Schaefer Group designs and builds custom aluminum-melting furnaces and related industrial systems in Dayton, alongside refractory contracting and process-control work through its FWS and Delta Control divisions. Its furnace division developed the world’s first electric reverberatory furnace in 1974, and every Schaefer furnace is designed and built in-house in the USA. FWS has served the aluminum industry for more than 50 years, while Delta Control has been developing integrated process-control systems since 1971.