We make the glass products that others can't
Custom laboratory & scientific glassware, hand-crafted in South Africa since 1978 — borosilicate and quartz, made specific to your requirements.
Get us to call you back
Tell us what you need — a custom piece, a repair, or a reproduction — and we'll get back to you. As long as it's glass, there's a good chance we can make it.
Why us
Why choose United Glass Blowers
Unmatched workmanship
Over 40 years of hand-crafting intricate glassware others can't make.
High-quality German glass
We work in premium borosilicate and quartz for durability and clarity.
Family business since 1978
An established South African family business with deep experience.
Hundreds of happy clients
A solid reputation for quality, excellence and personal service.
BEE Level 4 accredited
A trusted, compliant supplier to labs and industry.
15-day lead time
Standard lead time of 15 working days from receipt of order.
Our work
What we make
With over 40 years of experience, United Glass Blowers fabricates most kinds of intricate, custom-designed borosilicate and quartz glassware — from the most complicated distilling heads and pilot-plant reactors to the smallest micro glassware.
We also handle repair, modification and custom design, and can reduce your costs by reproducing standard catalogue glassware.
Specialities include manometers, sight glass and discs, reactors, GC columns, glass mullers, manifolds, pipelines, double-surface vessels, glassware for waterstills, moisture crucibles — and even heat-resistant glass for fireplace doors. As long as it's glass, there's a good chance we can customise it.
Our range
What we specialise in
Custom and specialty laboratory glassware we are known for — and a fraction of what we can make.
Manometers
Glass instruments for measuring gas or vapour pressure.
Boyocous Cylinders
Specialised graduated cylinders made to your requirements.
Sight Glass & Discs
Borosilicate viewing windows and discs for tanks, pipelines and reactors.
Double-surface Vessels
Jacketed, double-walled vessels for heating or cooling their contents.
Reactors
Custom glass reaction vessels, including jacketed pilot-plant reactors.
Waterstill Glassware
Replacement and custom glassware for laboratory water stills.
Manifolds (Buchi type)
Vacuum and distribution manifolds and rotary-evaporator-style glassware.
Pipelines up to 6 m
Long borosilicate pipeline sections, up to six metres.
20 L Flask Adaptions
Large-capacity flasks up to 20 litres, adapted to your setup.
Moisture Crucibles
Crucibles for moisture and loss-on-drying determinations.
GC Columns
Precision glass columns for gas chromatography.
Heat-resistant Glass
Heat-resistant glass cut to size for fireplace and stove doors.
Glass Mullers
Tools for grinding and dispersing pigment into oil on a slab.
Infernal Collectables
Our range of bespoke decorative and collectable glass pieces.
Since 1978
Advanced laboratory glassware manufacturers
As leading innovators and laboratory glassware manufacturers in South Africa, United Glass Blowers offers a wide selection of laboratory and scientific glassware made specific to your requirements. We fabricate intricate, custom-designed borosilicate and quartz glassware — from complex distilling heads and pilot-plant reactors to the smallest micro glassware.
Our services span custom glassware design, repair, modification and the reproduction of standard catalogue glassware — helping laboratories, universities, pharmaceutical and industrial clients across South Africa reduce costs without compromising quality. With over 40 years of experience, we are trusted manufacturers of manometers, condensers, flasks, funnels, burettes, reactors, sight glass, GC columns, glass mullers and much more.
In the workshop
Our craft
Client feedback
What our clients say
I want to thank you for the excellent work you did on my two jacketed reactor vessels. The quality of the work is truly superb.
The glassware worked perfectly and it seems that the customer is quite happy with our service.
I am so happy with the glass muller that you delivered — thank you, and your service was excellent.
Need something custom made?
Tell us what you need — if it's glass, there's a good chance we can make it.