What Casso-Solar Technologies LLC. does

Casso-Solar Technologies LLC is a privately held US specialty industrial manufacturer, founded in 1960 and headquartered at 506 Airport Executive Park in Nanuet, New York. The company designs, engineers, and fabricates custom industrial infrared ovens, furnaces, dryers, heat-processing machinery, and glass lamination lines for industrial manufacturers and OEMs, with revenue from one-time capital equipment sales, professional services (design, engineering, installation, retrofit, custom PLC programming, technical support), and ongoing replacement-heater and spare-parts sales from its US-made installed base. Its primary end markets are glass processing and glass production (architectural, automotive, appliance, aircraft, ballistic, photovoltaic, and decorative laminated glass), with secondary applications in paint and powder finishing, textile processing, metal processing, and plastics and film.

Casso-Solar's core technology is a modular portfolio of infrared heaters spanning short, medium, and long wavelengths (Type FB, Type C+, Type FHT, V-Series, Unitube, DuoTube/Duo-Tube(TM), Short-Wavelength Unitube, Gold Unitube, Furnace Tube, FiberGas II, Gas Catalytic), combined with convective heating, conveyor systems, air control, cooling, and PLC-based recipe-driven controls. A proprietary combination infrared-and-convection architecture allows processing of both coated (low-E) and uncoated glass on a single line, with the SentryGlas Trim Table co-developed with Kuraray as a flagship specialization. A 17-inch EPDM rubber-covered nip roller system, larger than the industry standard, supports continuous lamination rates up to 30,000 sq. ft. per day, roughly 10x the throughput of vacuum bag batch systems. An in-house laboratory is used to determine feasibility and ideal wavelength for each customer's material before equipment is designed.

The go-to-market is sales-led and direct, with a dedicated U.S. sales team, distributor network, "Get a Quote" web form, and trade show presence (GlassBuild America, GlassCon Global VE) supported by an active content-marketing and SEO program. Pricing is overwhelmingly quote-based on custom configuration, with the SentryGlas Trim Table carrying public list pricing of $18,300–$20,500. Casso-Solar holds technology integration partnerships with the three major interlayer producers (Kuraray, Solutia/SAFLEX, DuPont) and operates in five primary industrial verticals plus adjacent aerospace, construction, electrical, and pharmaceutical applications, serving a mix of mid-market and enterprise manufacturers from a single US site.

Name

Casso-Solar Technologies LLC.

Legal name

Casso-Solar Technologies LLC

Website

https://cassosolartechnologies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Casso-Solar Technologies LLC is a 60+ year-old, privately held US manufacturer that designs and fabricates custom industrial infrared ovens, furnaces, dryers, heaters, and glass lamination lines for industrial manufacturers and OEMs across glass, paint, textile, metal, and plastics applications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Infrared Heat Processing Equipment

NAICS

Industrial Process Furnace and Oven Manufacturing (333994), Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (3334), Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (33513)

SIC

Industrial Process Furnaces & Ovens (3567), Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Furnaces, Kilns & Thermal Processing Equipment (IMAHAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Solar Mounting, Racking, Trackers & Structural BOS Manufacturing (EUAMAHAC)

Keywords

• Industrial infrared heating
• Glass lamination equipment
• Infrared ovens and furnaces
• Industrial drying ovens
• Custom heat processing systems

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Equipment Sales (One-Time Capital Purchases): Primary revenue stream: design, engineering, and fabrication of custom infrared ovens, furnaces, dryers, heat processing equipment, and lamination lines sold to industrial manufacturers and OEMs. Includes full glass lamination lines, industrial ovens, furnaces, infrared heaters, drying ovens, cooling systems, and custom specialty equipment. Transactions are one-time capital purchases with quote-based pricing.
2. Engineering, Installation, and Maintenance Services: Professional services including Design & Engineering, Technical Support & Maintenance, Retrofit/Upgrade of existing equipment, and Custom Programming (PLC controls). End-to-end service from design through installation and ongoing support.
3. Replacement Heaters and Spare Parts: Ongoing revenue from replacement infrared heaters and spare parts for previously installed equipment. Spare parts are made in USA. Drives recurring post-sale revenue from existing install base.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Casso-Solar Technologies designs, engineers, and fabricates custom industrial infrared ovens, furnaces, dryers, heat processing systems, and infrared heaters for industrial manufacturers and OEMs. The company combines short, medium, and long wavelength infrared with convection heating, integrated with conveyor systems, air control, cooling, and PLC-based recipe-driven controls, supported by an in-house laboratory for feasibility and wavelength testing.

Product overview

Casso-Solar Technologies LLC. offers a portfolio of custom-designed industrial infrared heat processing systems organized into a core product-category architecture — Glass Lamination Equipment, Glass Lamination Lines, Industrial Ovens, Industrial Furnaces, Infrared Heaters, Industrial Drying Ovens, Industrial Cooling Systems, and Custom Equipment/Specialty Products — under a single unified design-and-fabrication service. The Infrared Heaters category encompasses a modular family of named heater types (Type FB, Type V-Series, Type C+, Type FHT, Unitube, DuoTube, Short Wavelength Unitube, Gold Unitube, Furnace Tube, FiberGas II, and Gas Catalytic Heater), which serve as the building blocks for the Industrial Ovens and Industrial Furnaces product lines (e.g., Flat Belt Conveyorized Oven, Conveyorized Preheating Oven, Glass Lamination Tacking Oven, Infrared Overhead Conveyor Oven, Thermoforming Oven, Heat Treat Oven, Infrared Powder Coating Oven, Film Stretching Oven, Fabric Heat-Setting Oven, Ink Firing and Rolling Hearth Furnaces). The Glass Lamination Equipment category includes the Nip Roller Glass Lamination Line, Vacuum Bag Batch Glass Lamination Oven, Vacuum Lift Assist for Assembly Room, SentryGlas Trim Table (co-developed with Kuraray), and Tilt Unload Conveyor, which integrate with the Glass Lamination Lines for end-to-end architectural and automotive laminated glass production. Custom Equipment and Specialty Products ties the portfolio together with bespoke design, engineering, lab feasibility testing, technical support, retrofit/upgrade, replacement heaters, and custom PLC programming services for industrial manufacturers and OEMs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nip Roller Glass Lamination Line Continuous combination infrared and convection heating lamination line for high-throughput architectural, automotive, and specialty laminated glass production. Processes PVB, EVA, DuPont SentryGlas, and urethane interlayers at production rates up to 30,000 sq. ft. per day with 84-inch maximum glass width.
• Vacuum Bag Batch Glass Lamination Oven Batch-style lamination system with combination infrared and convection heating for smaller volume production. Works with PVB, EVA, Kuraray SentryGlas (SGP), polycarbonate, and decorative films.
• SentryGlas Trim Table Dual-tube quartz infrared heater table co-developed with Kuraray to soften SentryGlas ionoplast interlayer for easy trimming with a razor blade. Trims each edge in 20-30 seconds; one-button operation; heated lengths 72-96 inches standard, up to 192 inches. Handles glass up to 2 inches thick.
• Tilt Unload Conveyor Conveyor with glass presence sensors and multiple unloading options; can convey parts directly to a downstream process or stop and tilt parts up to near vertical for manual or overhead unloading.
• Vacuum Lift Assist for Assembly Room Overhead vacuum lift assist system for assembling large laminated glass parts in the cleanroom, automatically registering top and bottom lites into position and placing the top lite accurately onto the bottom lite.
• Flat Belt Conveyorized Oven Flat belt conveyor oven for processing small or flat parts coated on one side, operating up to 650°C with belt widths from 4 to 108 inches and speeds from 0.5 to 50 feet/minute. Heated from above and/or below as needed.
• Conveyorized Preheating Oven Infrared preheating and curing oven that brings parts to heat in approximately 1/10th the time of a convection system; gels most powder coatings in under 1 minute and cures in 1-3 minutes. Supports short wavelength, medium wavelength, and gas catalytic systems.
• Glass Lamination Tacking Oven Continuous preheat and tacking oven for de-airing of windshields and tacking glass for further processing in an autoclave; uses medium wavelength heaters to penetrate glass and heat the PVB/glass interface directly. Available for vacuum ring, batch, or continuous applications.
• Heat Treat Oven Infrared oven for heat treating oven doors, stove tops, touch screens, and similar products, including strengthening, curing tints or decorations, and applying hard coats. Can be designed to interface with upstream/downstream equipment.
• Infrared Powder Coating Oven Powder coating oven available with shortwave, mediumwave, and gas catalytic infrared heating; gels most powder coatings in under 1 minute and cures in 1-3 minutes. Can be retrofitted before, after, or within existing convection ovens.
• Thermoforming Oven Infrared oven for thermoforming, vacuum forming, and stamp forming of sheet plastic; flat panel heaters (Type FB and Type C) provide block zone control for complex parts. Configurable with one-sided or two-sided heating.
• Film Stretching Oven
• Fabric Heat-Setting Oven Infrared heat-setting oven for synthetic fabrics and needle punch products, with controlled fabric temperatures within ±2°F to ensure product quality and repeatability on both open width and tubular fabrics.
• Ink Firing and Rolling Hearth Furnaces Rolling hearth furnace for firing decorative or conductive ceramic ink coatings into glass, with annealing and cooling sections. High-tolerance fused silica rolls with lift-out edge drive. Configurable for continuous or batch operation and electrochromic glass production at 500°C+.
• Type FB Infrared Heater Medium-wavelength panel heater with woven quartz cloth surface and black ceramic coating for high emissivity. Quartz face is transparent to infrared energy, providing maximum heat transfer efficiency over 2.5-6.0 microns. Standard watt densities up to 25 WSI, multiple voltages (120V-600V), operating up to 1600°F (880°C), and modular multi-zone capability.
• Type V-Series Infrared Heater Stamped foil element of high-temperature alloy continuously bonded to high-temperature insulating refractory board. Fast on/off response (warmup less than 5 seconds), life expectancy over 12,000 hours, watt densities up to 100 WSI, wavelength emission 2.0-6.0 microns, temperatures up to 2100°F. Ideal for high-speed web heating.
• DuoTube Infrared Heater Dual-coil "figure-8" quartz tube infrared heater with baked-in white ceramic coating or gold reflective coating. Internal reflectors eliminate the need for external reflector cleaning and maintenance. Available with gold (recommended up to 1400°F) or white refractory (suitable up to 1750°F) for maintenance-free service.
• Gas Catalytic Infrared Heater Flameless catalytic IR heater using natural gas or propane with platinum-coated catalyst pad. Produces medium-to-long wavelength energy; safe for high-solvent-load drying; face temperature below combustion temperature of solvents; essentially maintenance-free with up to 15-year heater life.
• FiberGas II High Intensity Gas Infrared Heater High intensity gas infrared heater (metal matrix gas infrared) suited for industrial applications requiring rapid heating.
• Custom Infrared Heater Custom-designed infrared heater built to customer specifications for unique industrial heat processing applications.
• Custom Equipment / Specialty Products Custom infrared ovens, furnaces, dryers, and heaters individually designed for each customer, industry, and application. In-house laboratory testing is performed to ensure feasibility and design fit. Engineering services include Design & Engineering, Technical Support & Maintenance, Retrofit/Upgrade of existing equipment, Replacement Heaters, and Custom PLC programming.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 30,000 sq. ft. per day glass lamination throughput
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• KurarayflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developed the SentryGlas® Trim Table with Kuraray, the manufacturer of SentryGlas ionoplast interlayer. The collaboration yields a proven, guaranteed-performance dual-tube quartz infrared heater table that softens SentryGlas for easy trimming. Casso-Solar develops equipment to address excess SentryGlas material left after lamination — a recurring pain point for Kuraray customers.
• Solutia (SAFLEX)coreTechnology or IntegrationCasso-Solar's Nip Roller Glass Lamination Line supports Solutia's SAFLEX® CLT Proprietary Technology Process. Solutia (now Eastman) is a major PVB interlayer manufacturer, and Casso-Solar's equipment is engineered to laminate SAFLEX-based interlayers at production rates up to 30,000 sq. ft./day.
• DuPont (SentryGlas)coreTechnology or IntegrationCasso-Solar's Nip Roller Glass Lamination Line supports DuPont SentryGlas interlayers as one of the supported laminate materials, alongside PVB, EVA, urethane, and Kuraray SentryGlas (SGP).
• Tristar Glass ProductscoreOthersCustomer reference / testimonial partner. Head of Engineering Mr. Rob Carlson provided a published Letter of Recommendation endorsing Casso-Solar's heat processing system for Tristar's specific production requirements.
• National Glass Association (NGA) / GlassBuild AmericacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerExhibits at GlassBuild America, organized by the National Glass Association — the largest annual gathering place in the U.S. for the entire glass, window, and door industries. Casso-Solar exhibited at Booth #3723 in 2019 with over 450 exhibiting companies and 10,000+ attendees.
• GlassCon Global / USGlass Magazine (Glass Expo VE)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerParticipated in the GlassCon Global VE-Glass Expo VE 2020 virtual event (September 9-10, 2020) organized by GlassCon Global and USGlass Magazine. Event offered virtual booths, educational sessions, and networking opportunities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Vulcan Catalytic Systems: Provider of catalytic and infrared oxidation systems for industrial air pollution control and process heating. Adjacent to Casso-Solar's gas catalytic IR heater line with overlap in flameless catalytic infrared technology.
• AdPhos GmbH: German-based specialist in Near-Infrared (NIR) drying and heating technology for industrial processes. Competes in selected web-heating and drying segments with advanced short-wave IR technology comparable to Casso-Solar's V-Series and Short Wavelength Unitube offerings.

Direct peers

• Moco Thermal Industries: U.S. manufacturer of industrial process ovens, infrared systems, and heat processing equipment. Competes in similar industrial oven and infrared system categories to Casso-Solar across finishing, drying, and heat-treating applications.
• Glenro Inc. U.S. manufacturer of industrial infrared ovens, dryers, and heat processing systems serving similar industrial customers (coatings, textiles, plastics). Glenro directly overlaps with Casso-Solar's industrial ovens and infrared heater product categories and competes for the same quote-based custom-engineering engagements.
• LEWCO Inc. Manufacturer of industrial process ovens, furnaces, and material handling systems. Overlaps with Casso-Solar's industrial ovens product category for paint drying, powder coating, and heat-treating applications.
• Sellers Manufacturing: Custom industrial oven and infrared equipment manufacturer serving finishing, drying, and heat-treating markets. Directly competes with Casso-Solar in custom-engineered industrial infrared heating equipment.
• Research Inc. Long-established manufacturer of infrared heating systems and process control equipment for industrial applications. Overlaps with Casso-Solar's infrared oven and heater business with similar quote-based custom engineering approach.
• Catalytic Industrial Systems (Infraglo): Manufacturer of gas catalytic infrared heaters and systems for industrial finishing applications. Directly competes with Casso-Solar's Gas Catalytic Heater line for powder coating, drying, and curing applications requiring medium-to-long wavelength IR energy.
• Thermal Innovations: Designer and builder of custom industrial infrared ovens and conveyorized heating systems. Competes directly with Casso-Solar in custom-engineered IR ovens for coatings, composites, and web heating applications.

Broad incumbents

• Heraeus Noblelight: Global division of Heraeus specializing in specialty light and infrared sources for industrial processes. Overlaps with Casso-Solar's infrared heater portfolio (short/medium/long wave emitters) but operates at much larger scale with broader industrial/scientific customer base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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