electric forehearths and electric boosting systems were also developed. Stateside Success During the 1960s, one of the worlds major companies in the glass furnace business, Toledo... formed a subsidiary company, Elemelt Limited, based in Kingswinford, West Midlands, to specifically further develop this form of electric melting and extend the range of furnaces... available into other areas of glass production. Over the next decade, Elemelt designed and built many electric melting furnaces in no less than 26 countries worldwide. Additionally, new...