Tristar Glass

What Tristar Glass does

Tristar Glass, Inc. is a privately held architectural glass fabricator founded in 2005 and headquartered in Catoosa, Oklahoma. The company operates three manufacturing plants across two states — Catoosa (Tulsa metro), Houston, Texas, and Grand Prairie (Dallas–Fort Worth), Texas — totaling more than 390,000 square feet of fabrication space and employing more than 250 people. Tristar fabricates and sells a full portfolio of architectural glass products, including insulated glass (with high-performance low-E coatings from Vitro, Guardian, and Saint Gobain), laminated glass (with PVB, SentryGlas, EVA, and Vanceva interlayers), monolithic glass (precision-milled with optional Diamon Fusion coating), silkscreen / ceramic frit glass, spandrel glass (with ICD Opaci-Coat 300), security glass (Sentry Guard bullet- and hurricane-resistant products), and a digital imaging line called Tristar Visions. An in-house estimating service, Orion, supports glaziers' bid workflows. Customer-facing technology is anchored in state-of-the-art CNC fabrication equipment and what the company describes as industry-leading real-time distortion measurement and comprehensive defect tracking for quality control.

The company's business model is straightforward industrial fabrication on a project-quote basis. Tristar sells directly to glaziers, contractors, commercial real estate developers, and (by specification) to architects and design professionals across the south-central United States. Pricing is custom and quote-based for each project — there are no standard tiers, no subscription revenue, and no disclosed public pricing. The company also offers warranty protection that it characterizes as best-in-class. The Orion division introduces a modest recurring services component layered on top of the core one-time fabrication revenue, but the dominant model remains build-to-order glass supplied to commercial construction projects.

Tristar holds a multi-OEM certified fabricator stack that underpins its commercial positioning: Vitro Certified Fabricator and Laminator, Guardian SunGuard Select Fabricator, Saint Gobain certification, ICD Approved Factory Fabricator (2020), Trosifol interlayer supply, SGCC safety glazing, and IGCC insulated glass certifications across all three plant locations. The named customer base is broad and spans education (multiple OU campuses, Missouri State, Oral Roberts, Langston, Creighton), healthcare (Oklahoma Heart Institute, St. Francis, Mercy Hospital, Memorial Hermann), finance (BOK Tower, BancFirst, multiple community banks), real estate (Bleu Ciel, Domain, Frisco Station, Hanover Southampton, Rolex Building), retail (Carvana, Hobby Lobby HQ, Academy HQ), automotive (Hyundai, Bell Helicopter HQ), energy (WPX Energy, Unit Corp), and hospitality (Omni Hotel, Spirit Bank Event Center). The company is led by President and founder Tim Kelley, with no public ownership, institutional investor, or board disclosures in the source material.

Name

Tristar Glass

Legal name

Tristar Glass, Inc.

Website

https://tristarglass.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Tristar Glass is a privately held architectural glass fabricator founded in 2005, operating three plants across Oklahoma and Texas with 250+ employees. It fabricates insulated, laminated, monolithic, silkscreen, spandrel, and security glass for glaziers, contractors, architects, and commercial real estate developers in the south-central United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Glass Fabrication

NAICS

Glass Product Manufacturing Made of Purchased Glass (327215)

SIC

Glass Products, Made Of Purchased Glass (3231)

akta.pro primary industry

Insulating Glass Units (IGUs) & Double/Triple Glazing (IMADAHAC)

Keywords

• Architectural glass fabrication
• Insulated glass units
• Laminated safety glass
• Spandrel and silkscreen glass
• Commercial glazing products

Headquarters

HQ city

Catoosa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Architectural Glass Fabrication: Tristar generates revenue by fabricating and selling architectural glass products including insulated glass, laminated glass, monolithic glass, silkscreen, spandrel, and security glass. They serve commercial construction projects with custom fabricated glass for interior and exterior applications. Revenue is project-based with no recurring subscription component.
2. Orion Estimating Support Services: Orion provides estimating support services to integrate with customers' operations, helping them bid more work and manage backlog. This is a service-based revenue stream supporting the core glass fabrication business.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Tristar Glass is a fully integrated architectural glass fabricator that designs, fabricates, and sells custom architectural glass products including insulated, laminated, monolithic, silkscreen, spandrel, and security glass for interior and exterior commercial building applications. The company also offers the Orion estimating support service to assist glaziers with bidding and backlog management, and the Tristar Visions digital imaging decorative glass line.

Product overview

Tristar Glass is a fully integrated architectural glass fabricator offering a comprehensive portfolio of fabricated glass products. The core product lineup includes Insulated Glass (with solar control low-E coatings), Laminated Glass (with various interlayers for safety and acoustics), Monolithic Glass (precision-fabricated), Silkscreen Glass (ceramic frit decorative coatings), Spandrel Glass (opaque coatings for building aesthetics), and Security Glass (Sentry Guard bullet and hurricane resistant options). Supporting services include Orion (estimating support) and Tristar Visions (digital imaging on glass). All products support interior and exterior architectural applications with industry-leading quality practices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Orion: Estimating support services division providing top-tier estimating support designed to integrate seamlessly with customer operations for bidding, backlog management, and winning bids.
• Tristar Visions
• Sentry Guard

Products and services

• Insulated Glass Insulated glass units that regulate building temperature in an energy-efficient manner, including high-performance solar control low-E glass products with options for warm-edge spacers, argon gas fill, oversized processing, and heat soaking, designed for commercial interior and exterior building applications.
• Orion Estimating Support Services Service offering that provides top-tier estimating support designed to integrate with glaziers' and contractors' operations for bidding, backlog management, and winning bids on architectural glass projects.
• Laminated Glass Safety laminated glass offering acoustic benefits, security features, and color options, supporting high-precision complex canopy fabrication to hurricane-resistant construction with PVB, SentryGlas (SG), EVA, and Vanceva Colors interlayers.
• Monolithic Glass Precision-fabricated monolithic glass using computer-controlled milling equipment, offering drilling, milling, flat-polish and mitre finishes, with optional Diamon Fusion (DFI) low-maintenance coating.
• Silkscreen Glass Glass with ceramic frit applied via silk-screening for aesthetic appeal and improved performance including solar control, glare control, privacy, decorative design, and signage, available in standard patterns or custom designs with 13 ceramic frit colors.
• Spandrel Glass Glass rendered near opaque by ceramic frit or ICD Opaci-Coat 300 silicone-based coating, used between occupancy floors or as wall cladding to hide building utilities and control areas, supplied heat-strengthened or fully tempered.
• Security Glass Enhanced security glass with options for bullet and hurricane resistant lamination, including the Sentry Guard product utilizing SentryGlas ionoplast interlayer for stronger, safer laminated glass environments.
• Tristar Visions Digital imaging on laminated interior or exterior glass that transforms digital images, photos, or graphics into durable glass pieces for decorative design applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• Shortest possible lead time through state-of-art automated fabrication equipment
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers57 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• VitrocoreTechnology or IntegrationTristar is a Vitro Certified Fabricator and Laminator, authorized to fabricate and laminate Vitro glass products. They provide high-performance solar control low-E coatings through this partnership.
• Guardian GlasscoreTechnology or IntegrationTristar is a Guardian SunGuard Select Fabricator, certified to provide Guardian's high-performance solar control low-E coatings. They hold Guardian certifications at all three plant locations.
• Saint GobaincoreTechnology or IntegrationTristar is certified to provide Saint Gobain high-performance solar control low-E coatings, expanding their product offerings with another major glass manufacturer.
• ICD CoatingscoreTechnology or IntegrationTristar is an ICD Approved Factory Fabricator for Opaci-Coat 300 silicone-based coating used in spandrel applications. They use ICD's roller coating technology for applying coatings to glass surfaces.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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