A new oven is already reaping big business for Niskayuna Glass, a glass-fabrication company on Schenectady’s north side that just completed a nearly $1 million expansion. The company’s primary work has been in commercial glazing.
Its facility on Maxon Road Extension had some glass-processing equipment and a showroom. But over the past decade, the rising demand for tempered glass — a much stronger and safer glass that crumbles into small chunks instead of jagged shards when broken — made the prospect of owning glass-tempering equipment a goal worth pursuing. In fact, half of Niskayuna Glass sales last year were for tempered glass or insulating glass.
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