Webinar: Glass History in the Glass City

Wednesday, August 3rd – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Toledo, Ohio is often referred to as the Glass City due to the rich glass manufacturing history from the early city founding. Glass manufacturing and innovation are indeed synonymous with Toledo, but the inventions and industry creation has spanned multiple glass genres and platforms through several generations and has had a much broader impact than many realize. This session will look in depth into the history of the glass innovations in Toledo and will touch briefly on the major Toledo glass companies founding and technologies. This session will delve into the manufacturing processing improvements from Libbey Owens Ford (LOF) and the impact of those on both the architectural world as well as other industry. We’ll look in depth at how those process improvements impacted workforce conditions, products, markets, and future innovation. We’ll also investigate the current state of glass in the Glass City to show how innovation and ideas still drive the city today. The Glass city moniker is still absolutely relevant, and we’ll share some of the current developments in glass.

Presenter

Kyle Sword is the Business Development Manager for Pilkington North America and heads the company’s interests in historic restoration. Kyle has worked for Pilkington for 15+ years,mostly in glass manufacturing. He has a ceramic engineering degree from The Ohio State University and an MBA from California State University, Sacramento. Kyle is involved with a variety of different technological developments in the glass industry. Kyle spreads glass education and looks for new opportunities to provide value for customers creating products with coated and flat glass products.