With a bigen celebration committed Stölzle Lausitz At the end of May the 130th anniversary of the company location in Saxon Whitewater. In the traditional center of the glass industry, the company is now the last remaining glass manufacturer with international importance. Customers and companions of the brand had traveled to Lausitz to celebrate this milestone birthday together.
Based on the Oberlausitzer glassworks J. Schweig and Co., which in 1889 at today's location of the Stölzle Lausitz GmbH was founded, the company produces well over 40 million today Drinking Glasses per year. Stölzle Lausitz uses a procedure that enables the mechanical production of goblet glasses of the highest quality, which comes very close to the hand -blown, oral quality.
As with the manual technology, a glass mass integrated at the top is also used here, from which the stem can be pulled and a seamless transition from the goblet to the stem can be achieved. At the moment there are only a few manufacturers worldwide that are able to produce goose glasses with the machine using the machine according to this latest procedure.
In addition to the production competence Stölzle Lausitz Also based on many years of design competence: From the mid-1930s, the Bauhaus pioneer Prof. Wilhelm Wagenfeld shaped product development and the quality orientation of the Glashütte. In collaboration with designers, architects and sommeliers, glass designs are currently being created again and again, which combine the highest rights of drinks with avant-garde design.
After changeable years, the Stölzle took over in 1996 Oberglas AG the traditional production facility. Since then, it has been continuously in the location WhiteWater invested, the investment volume has added up to around 40 million euros since then. After a high investment in production and in a new camp, the conversion of the logistics and the expansion of the glass finishing has now been completed in the last step.
In his statement during the celebration, to which the district administrator of the district of Görlitz, Bernd Lange, and the mayor of WhiteWater, Torsten Pötzsch, had come, emphasized Managing Director Johann Nagl Die bige Significance of these investments and the financial stability, which is given by the group of companies.
The Stölzle Lausitz GmbH, which is currently active in over 120 countries, sees NAGL well positioned: “Especially the gastronomy and international hotel chains appreciate the high quality and advantages of our goblet glasses. Our growing presence and trend towards functional and elegant wine glasses supports our positive development on the world market, and the prospects and future of our products and our brand are almost excellent, ”says Nagl.
Dr. Cornelius Grupp, owner of the Stölzle Lausitz GmbH, in his statement, raised the close connection within the business network to the location in WhiteWater and the employees there emphasize: "We are not typical investors, but have the long -term perspective in view and the permanent claim that our products are the best on the market." His son Cornelius Grupp, who represented the 7th generation of entrepreneurs, added: “The high -quality products that are in WhiteWater is made, have become part of the family DNA and have become an integral part of us. ”
As part of the celebration, which took place in a stylishly decorated warehouse on the company premises and united numerous show acts, Johann Nagl presented a new glass concept as a central highlight. The product announced for the second half of the year lives up to its name with an integrated LED: the Glasserie bears the name "Highlight".
