SIC 3229 Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware, Not Elsewhere Classified

SIC 3229

This category includes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing glass and glassware, not elsewhere classified, pressed, blown, or shaped from glass produced in the same establishment. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing textile glass fibers are also included in this industry, but establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing glass wool insulation products are classified in SIC 3296: Mineral Wool. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing fiber optic cables are classified in SIC 3357: Drawing and Insulating of Nonferrous Wire; and those manufacturing fiber optic medical devices are classified in the surgical, medical, and dental instruments and supplies industries. Establishments primarily engaged in the production of pressed lenses for vehicular lighting, beacons, and lanterns are also included in this industry, but establishments primarily engaged in the production of optical lenses are classified in SIC 3827: Optical Instruments and Lenses. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing glass containers are classified in SIC 3221: Glass Containers, and those manufacturing complete electric light bulbs are classified in SIC 3641: Electric Lamp Bulbs and Tubes.

NAICS CODE(S)

327212

Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware Manufacturing

INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT

The pressed and blown glassware industry manufactures products ranging from television tubes, ashtrays, candlesticks, stemware, tobacco jars, and optical lenses to Christmas tree ornaments. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the industry maintained a steady level of employment at about 37,000 workers, while the value of shipments rose steadily to reach $5.9 billion by 1997. However, by 2001, employment had fallen to 29,241 workers and the value of industry shipments was down to five billion dollars.

ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE

The companies involved in the pressed and blown glass industry displayed much diversity in earnings and employment levels. Of the roughly 500 industry establishments in the early 2000s, only about 20 percent employed 20 or more people. However, the industry was dominated by large companies related in some way to Corning Incorporated, such as Owens-Corning, Owens-Illinois, and Owens-Corning Fiberglass. Anchor Hocking Glass (a division of Newell Rubbermaid Inc. until April of 2004, when it was sold to Global Home Products LLC) was another giant in the industry, although dwarfed by the Corning units. Steuben Glass, also a Corning company, and Lenox Crystal were among those companies making handmade stemware, both of which shared the international market with Waterford Crystal of Ireland.

Due to the resurgence of interest in glass blowing in the United States, small craft shops could be found across the country where...

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