Glass Act Studios, Inc.

What Glass Act Studios, Inc. does

GlassAct Studios Inc. is a privately held, Utah-domiciled manufacturer (1-10 employees) headquartered in Orem that designs and produces custom permanent color glass inlays for the granite memorial industry. Its core product is a quarter-inch thick, multi-layered fused glass ingot that is water-jet cut, fire-polished, and kiln-annealed for more than 30 hours, producing an inlay reported to be up to 200 times harder than plate glass. The company sells this inlay to monument companies on a B2B, quote-based, one-time-purchase basis, using a portfolio of proprietary methods including a patented installation process, custom stencil matching via Adobe Illustrator, an industrial epoxy adhesive with tensile strength above 2,500 pounds, and a cement-based grout for finishing flush with the granite surface.

The business serves a single primary customer segment: monument companies that order catalog designs or request conversion of their existing sandblasting artwork into color glass inlays. Go-to-market is sales-led and direct, supported by a website gallery, a catalog spanning categories such as Animals, Children, Flowers, Faith, Outdoors, and Professions, and a dedicated customer portal. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.

Revenue mechanics are tied entirely to unit sales of custom physical glass products; there is no SaaS, licensing, or recurring component visible in the input. The company's competitive positioning rests on durability versus the 2-8 year lifespan of paint and stain alternatives, a track record demonstrated by a sample gravestone installed twelve years ago, and a first granted U.S. patent with additional national and international patents pending.

Name

Glass Act Studios, Inc.

Legal name

GlassAct Studios Inc.

Website

https://glassactstudios.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

GlassAct Studios Inc. is a small Utah-based manufacturer that designs and produces patented, permanent color glass inlays for granite memorial headstones, selling B2B to monument companies via a catalog of hundreds of designs and custom artwork conversion services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Memorial Glass Inlays

NAICS

Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware Manufacturing (327212)

SIC

Glass & Glassware, Pressed Or Blown (3220)

akta.pro primary industry

Decorative, Patterned & Privacy Glass (Frosted/Textured/Colored) (IMADAHAG)

Keywords

• Stained glass inlays
• Memorial monument products
• Granite headstone design
• Glass fusion manufacturing
• Precision water jet cutting

Headquarters

HQ city

Orem

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Glass Inlay Sales: B2B sales of custom glass inlays to monument companies. Customers can order from hundreds of catalog designs or request custom designs based on existing sandblasting artwork converted to glass inlays. One-time purchase of physical glass products installed into granite memorials.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

GlassAct Studios designs, manufactures, and sells custom permanent colorfast stained glass inlays that are flush-installed into granite memorials and headstones. The offering includes both custom designs (converted from customers' sandblasting artwork) and hundreds of pre-made catalog designs across categories such as Animals, Children, Flowers, Faith, Outdoors, and Professions.

Product overview

Glass Act Studios offers a single core product line of custom glass inlays for the memorial industry, specifically designed for granite monuments and tombstones. The company's main offering is the Permanent Colorfast Glass Inlays—a specialized manufacturing process that creates durable, permanent colored glass pieces fused, cut, shaped, and annealed to withstand cemetery conditions indefinitely. The product portfolio includes both fully custom designs created from customer artwork and a catalog of hundreds of pre-made designs across categories such as Animals, Children, Flowers, Faith, and Outdoors themes. The glass inlays are installed using industrial epoxy adhesive and finished with cement-based grout to create a permanent bond with granite surfaces.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Permanent Colorfast Glass Inlays Custom-fused glass inlays manufactured for granite monuments that provide permanent, fade-resistant color. A 1/4-inch thick multi-layered glass ingot is cut, shaped, fire polished, and annealed to create an inlay up to 200 times harder than regular glass, installed flush with granite using industrial epoxy adhesive (tensile strength over 2,500 lbs) and finished with cement-based grout. Sold B2B to monument companies for installation into granite memorials.
• Catalog of Pre-made Glass Inlay Designs Hundreds of pre-made finished inlay designs ready for immediate manufacture, organized into categories such as Animals, Birds, Dogs, Cats, Butterflies, Children, Flowers, Faith, Outdoors, Ornaments, and Professions. Monument companies can order directly from the catalog or request conversion of their existing sandblasting designs into color glass inlays.

Quantifiable outcome

• Glass inlay hardness up to 200 times harder than regular plate glass
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Whittemore-Durgin Glass: Custom stained glass studio producing decorative and memorial-style glass art. Comparable as a small-scale decorative/fused glass producer with adjacent product overlap (memorial and commemorative glass), though without GlassAct's granite-inlay installation IP.

Broad incumbents

• Matthews International: Diversified memorial and brand solutions company that owns major granite/monument brands and serves cemetery and funeral customers. Comparable as the dominant incumbent in the same end customer base (monument companies and memorial purchasers) where GlassAct's inlays are specified.

Others

• Bullseye Glass Co. Major supplier of fusible glass and kiln-forming materials to studio glass artists and small manufacturers. Comparable as an enabling ecosystem vendor for the same kiln-fused glass process GlassAct uses, and a potential upstream supplier or partner.
• Spectrum Glass: Manufacturer of colored art glass sheets widely used in fused-glass and stained-glass work. Comparable as a key input supplier for GlassAct's fused-glass inlay production and as an indicator of demand in the broader decorative fused-glass category.

Direct peers

• Dakota Granite: Granite memorial and monument supplier serving monument companies across the US. Shares GlassAct's B2B monument-company GTM and could either adopt GlassAct's inlays as a spec or develop an in-house decorative alternative.
• Cold Spring Granite: Large granite producer supplying monuments, mausoleums, and architectural stonework to memorial companies and builders. Comparable as a potential specifier or competitor in decorative granite enhancements for memorials.
• Rock of Ages Corporation: Major US granite quarry and monument manufacturer producing headstones and memorials for monument companies. Comparable because its monument-company customers are the same B2B channel that GlassAct sells into, and any vertical integration into decorative inlays would directly threaten GlassAct.

Regional players

• Barre Granite Association: Industry association and collective brand for Vermont-based granite memorial manufacturers serving the monument industry. Relevant because member firms represent a regional cluster of GlassAct's prospective customers and potential competitive supply chain.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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