膨胀珍珠岩工业是一门新兴的工业。美国是最早生产膨胀珍珠岩的国家,二次世界大战后即开始生产和应用。现存生产膨胀珍珠岩的国家有美国、苏联、匈牙利、保加利亚、捷克斯洛伐克、加拿大、日本、奥地利、新西兰、希腊、墨西哥、意大利(以上国家依靠本国原料生产)、法国、西班 The expanded perlite industry is a new industry. The United States was the first country to produce expanded perlite and began production and application after the Second World War. Existing countries that produce expanded perlite are the United States, the Soviet Union, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Canada, Japan, Austria, New Zealand, Greece, Mexico, Italy (the above countries rely on domestic raw materials for production), France, and Spain.