As many may know, The Perlite Corporation was started in 1949 by Herb Stein and John Murdock. It grew to become the widely known and respected perlite furnace manufacturing company which I joined in 1975. It was during this time that we developed the world's first integral-preheat vertical furnace.

The partnership was dissolved in the early 80's and Herb became President and sole shareholder of The Perlite Corporation.

In 1985 Herb's health began to decline. As a consequence of his continually declining health, the company ceased operation in 1989 and its inventory and equipment were sold.

All rights to the company were sold subsequently to Incon including its designs, research data, trademarks, goodwill, and the Perlite Corporation name.

These assets in combination with Incon's new equipment, developments, and refinements make Incon uniquely qualified to service and enhance Perlite Corp. installations, and allow unequaled flexibility in the design and manufacture of new ones. 98-2-3