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  "name": "Wale Apparatus Company",
  "description": "Wale Apparatus Company is a specialized manufacturer and distributor of glassworking tools, supplies, and equipment. Serving the scientific, laboratory, and artistic glass communities, the company provides everything from precision torches and lathes to custom-machined glass components.",
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  "baiScore": 32,
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  "category": "Industrial Supplies & Manufacturing",
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  "updatedAt": "2026-05-08T06:22:09.217+00:00",
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    "website": "waleapparatus.com",
    "founded": "1970",
    "headquarters": "Hellertown, Pennsylvania, USA",
    "pricing_model": "Usage-based",
    "core_products": "Glassworking torches, safety eyewear (Didymium/Cobalt), glass lathes, tubing and rod, custom glass machining.",
    "key_differentiator": "A one-stop technical shop that combines retail distribution of glassworking tools with in-house custom glass CNC machining and fabrication.",
    "target_markets": "Scientific research labs, university glassblowing departments, artistic glassblowers, industrial manufacturing.",
    "employee_count": "10-50",
    "funding_stage": "Private",
    "subcategory": "Scientific Glassworking Equipment"
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