Paragon Fast Facts

History

Family owned company founded in 1948

Over 350,000 kilns shipped to date

Holder of 3 design patents

Customers include Harley Davidson, Ford Motor Company, Alcoa Aluminum, Hughes Christiansen, and 3M.

Long tradition of making better designed kilns

Paragon: Greek meaning “model of perfection”

Manufacturing

All Paragon kilns are manufactured in Mesquite, Texas, USA.

52,000 square foot production facility

Complete sheet metal fabrication and automated brick cutting machinery to develop new products quickly

Centrally located to offer shipping transit times in under 4 days at competitive rates to continental United States

Broad Markets Covered with Extensive Product Selection

Over 4,000 standard and specialized kilns available for sale

We offer 20 product lines supporting multiple markets including ceramics, pottery, glass fusing, knife making, silver clay, general heat treating, and many other applications.

Long Term availability on replacement parts

We offer our entire product line through our distribution channels.

Custom-Designed Furnaces

Our full time engineer staff and onsite manufacturing capabilities enable us to make customer specified furnaces.

We have developed and sold over 900 customized furnaces since 1994.

All designs are done using Auto CAD software so we can offer long term support and volume production for unique designs.

World-Wide Distribution

Over 200 knowledgeable distributors in the United States

Distributors established in 17 other countries around the world

Extensive knowledge on international standards allows Paragon to build kilns for any country in the world

Safety

Paragon’s highest priority is to design kilns that are safe for you to enjoy.

100% of our models are designed to Underwriter Laboratories Standard 499 and 99% of our catalog standard kilns have completed certification.

All kilns sold in Europe have been designed to meet CE Certification.

Quality

Every Paragon kiln goes through a 15 step quality control procedure before it ships.

A certified quality technician oversees the quality control program and tracks each kiln by serial number through the process.

100% of all kilns are inspected before shipping to the customer.

Employees

70 full-time employees

2 staff developmental engineers and 5 customer service agents

Low turnover rates and high job satisfaction resulting in 25% of employees having been at Paragon for over 10 years

Awards

Paragon Industries received training grants from the Texas Workforce Commission in 2004 and 2005 totaling over $50,000.