appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . june 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message delphi glass type private industry retail wholesale founded 1972 founder dan daniels headquarters lansing mi website delphiglass.com delphi glass in lansing mi . delphi glass corporation is a privately held american retail and wholesale company specializing in art glass supplies . delphi glass was founded in 1972 by dan daniels in lansing michigan where the company is still located today . 1 history edit in 1968 future company founder dan daniels became interested in stained glass and began looking for instructional classes and supplies in his hometown of detroit michigan . at this time classes for hobbyist were not readily available but daniels persisted and finally an artisan at a local stained glass studio agreed to teach him . 2 in 1971 daniels and his family moved to lansing mi where he started teaching stained glass classes at michigan state university and at lansing community college . the classes proved to be very popular and daniels started selling supplies out of his home . he his wife helene and brother dennis opened delphi glass in 1972 . 3 the delphi name was chosen for the ancient city of delphi the center of learning and knowledge in greek mythology . 4 by 1994 the steady growth allowed the company to build a new 30 000 sq ft 2 800 m2 center which was later expanded an additional 45 000 sq ft 4 200 m2 . in 2008 . though the company s biggest growth has been outside of their store . according to daniels in a 2008 interview 75 % percent of delphi s business is now catalog and ecommerace sales . 5 delphi glass corp is still owned and operated as a family business . references edit about delphi stained glass . delphi glass corp. retrieved 16 june 2011 . bryan colleen fall 2007 . retail profile delphi glass corporation . profitable glass quarterly . 10 3 . about delphi stained glass . delphi glass corp. retrieved 16 june 2011 . abbott linda october november 2007 . delphi celebrates 35 years in business . glass craftsman magazine . 204 . whittington jane february 2008 . gurus of glass . the greater lansing business monthly . 21 2 20 22 . retrieved 16 june 2011 . external links edit delphi glass website profitable glass quarterly website glass craftsman magazine website lansing mi chamber of commerce website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title delphi glass & oldid 639718288 categories companies established in 1972privately held companies based in michiganretail companies of the united statesarts and crafts retailershidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from june 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 december 2014 at 19 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view