JAJ Pyrex

JAJ Pyrex dates back to 1922. JAJ is actually short for J A Joblings, a Sunderland based glass company who had fallen on hard times. However, Ernest Jobling Purser, a new recruit to the family business heard of a technique developed in America for manufacturing glassware which would not shatter or crack in the oven. Recognising the potential he secured the licence to make and sell it across Europe, and before long JAJ was selling it's ovenproof glassware to homes across Europe. Since then the Joblings factory in Millfield has sold millions of Pyrex pieces including casseroles, bowls, dinner services and measuring jugs.