26 feet high), made from over 93,000 glasses, was unveiled on. In the grounds of Zwiesel Kristalglass, the highest crystal glass pyramid of the world (approx. Today the enterprise employs over 700 workers, approximately 500 in Zwiesel, and a turnover of over 70 million euro is expected. In 2007 the Zwiesel Kristallglas AG was among the hundred winners of a competition for innovation, the "Top 100". In 2006 the enterprise was awarded the title "Turnaround of the Year" by restaurant magazine impulse and the BDO Deutsche Warentreuhand AG. On 1 January 2006 the trademark rights for the traditional brand 'Jenaer Glas' were acquired. Higher price segment catering and hotels were new areas of concentration. Renaming took place at the same time to "Zwiesel Kristallglas AG". This led to a radical reorganization with reduction of the assortment, the selling of stocks and properties, as well as a further reduction in the number of employees to approximately 400 workers. In 2001 this number had fallen to 569, while turnover was still approximately 100 million DM.Īfter a management buyout in 2001, the two managers Robert Hartel and Andreas Buske acquired the enterprise. In 1979 the Schott Zwiesel Glaswerke AG employed about 1,900 workers and was one of Europe's largest cup glass manufacturers.Īfter further developments in the 1980s a steady decline in the number of jobs took place. The annual turnover increased from 46 million DM in 1971 to 120 million DM in 1978. In 1973 an area of about 100,000 m² was purchased in Zwiesel, on which a new plant was built. In the 1970s considerable expansion took place. On 17 August 1972 the company was renamed Schott Zwiesel Glaswerke AG. In 1972 the Zwieseler company took over sales of the well-known heat-proof and chemically resistant "Jena glass". In 1961 the machine production of cup glasses began, which were quite successful on the glass market. In Zwiesel a colour glass plant started manufacturing crystal glass in 1953. was called after 1940, lost its main facilities in Jena due to the war, production of optical glass was continued in Zwiesel, until on the new main plant in Mainz was opened. Since the Vereinigten Farbenglaswerke AG, as the Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen. Due to the scarcity of raw materials in World War II, bottle glass production was stopped altogether on 22 April 1944 and only war-important optical glass was produced. During the 1930s glass production stagnated. At that time the plant employed about 450 persons in Zwiesel. The manufacturing of sheet glass in Zwiesel was abandoned in 1931 in favour of bottle glass production. In 1927, increasing automation and sharp competition led to a majority share of the Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen, which was finally acquired in 1929. In 1924 the production range was extended, as container glass was produced for the first time for drinking glasses. The years 1914 to 1918 during World War I, as well as the postwar years, brought significant difficulties. The enterprise was constantly extended and equipped with new technical equipment. The Zwieseler plant supplied antique glass, so-called "Pirna Kathedralglas". The share capital was increased to 1,200,000 marks. On 1 September 1899, a glass plant in Pirna was acquired for 675,000 marks and the company was renamed the Vereinigte Zwieseler und Pirnaer Farbenglaswerke AG. Gebrüder Tasche, Aktiengesellschaft amounted to 525,000 marks. The share capital of the Zwieseler Farbenglashütten, vorm. The Zwieseler Farbenglashütte Gebrüder Tasche, generally only called Tasche Glassworks, was converted into a corporation on 21 June 1898. On 7 November 1884, Mueller sold the factory with the buildings and a surface area of altogether 3.045 hectares for 36,000 Goldmarks to the brothers Theodor and Gustav Tasche of Cologne. In 1878 a storage hall, a house and stables were added for the factory manager in 1883 the factory pub was opened. On 25 November 1872 sheet glass was manufactured for the first time in a new glassworks, whose designer was the Zwiesel carter, Anton Mueller.
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