Chris Kapiloff opened his briefcase, retrieved a small piece of safety glass that was pockmarked with bullet holes, and placed it in front of him on a conference table.
It was an example of the latest high-tech glass product created by the LTI Group of Pittsfield, a worldwide leader in security, architectural glass and laminates that are used in schools, embassies, prisons and by law enforcement agencies.
LTI recently sold 7,000 of these new glass panels to a police department that Kapiloff declined to name, and he wants to make more, but the company needs to expand its plant on Federico Drive in order to do so. Read more about the challenges faced by businesses in the Berkshires >>