The glass industry is an integral part of the American economy and everyday life. Glass is used in a myriad of consumer products ranging from food and beverage packaging, lighting products for homes and businesses, automobile windshields, and windows in buildings to insulation for buildings, fiber optics for communications, and tubes for televisions.

The Missouri Glass Products Industry consists of 45 companies in four major categories:

1. Flat Glass Mfg (NAICS 327211)
2. Other Pressed & Blown Glass & Glass & Glassware Manufacturing (NAICS 327212)
3. Glass Container Manufacturing (NAICS 327213)
4. Glass Product Manufacturing Made of Purchased Glass (NAICS 327215)

• The Missouri Glass Industry currently directly employs approximately 1,463 people – an 4% increase from 1997 employment statistics.
• Average employment in the Missouri Glass Industry: 32.5.
• Based on 1997 census data, workers in Missouri’s glass industry earned an average wage of $31,407, which was slightly above the state’s manufacturing average wage of $31,355.

Missouri Industry Profile

GLASS PRODUCTS INDUSTRY PROFILE (PowerPoint, 580 KB)

OIT Metal Casting Vision and Roadmap

GLASS PRODUCTS INDUSTRY VISION (PDF, 387 KB)

GLASS PRODUCTS INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP (PDF, 559 KB)

COATINGS ON GLASS TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP (PDF, 894 KB)

Department of Energy Web Pages

OIT's Glass Products IOF Home Page

EIA's Glass Products Industry Analysis Brief