Cardinal Glass Industries

Cardinal Glass Industries is a manufacturer of advanced glass products for the residential construction industry, supplying window manufacturers across North America. Founded in 1962, the company is a management-owned S-Corporation and has grown from its original product line of sealed insulating glass units into a range of glass fabrication capabilities, including coated glass, tempered glass, laminated glass and float glass production at its Cardinal FG facility.

Its product range includes coated glass for residential windows and doors, low-emissivity products such as LoE³-366 for solar control and Quad LoĒ-452+ for thermal comfort, and Neat+ self-cleaning glass technology. Technical work spans glass manufacturing, coated glass technology, insulating glass fabrication, tempered and laminated glass processing, float glass production and low-emissivity (LoE) coatings.

The company is based in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, and serves customers throughout the United States and the wider North American market. Its industry focus covers residential construction, windows and doors manufacturing, building materials and glass manufacturing.

Cardinal Glass Industries has also pursued environmental sustainability initiatives, including carbon capture and emissions reduction technology. It has installed what is described as the world's first carbon capture installation at a float glass facility, targeting up to a 95% reduction in process CO₂ emissions.