History of the glassworks
There is a long tradition of glass production in Nemšová. The glassworks has over 100 years of successful existence. During this time the small works grew into a modern plant with a solid position on the container glass market.
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25 November 1902
Landowner Baron Anton Dreher began glass production in Nemšová. The glassworks produced trays, bowls, plates, candlesticks, beer glasses and many other types of pressed and blown glass. |
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1913
The firm changed owner and was bought by entrepreneur Vincent Schreiber. |
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1920s and 1930s
The alliance of the Schreiber's glassworks with German glass Reich opened the gateway to the world for the Nemšová enterprise. |
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1932
Production stopped at the time of the culminating Great Depression and the heavy indebtedness of the company. |
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1936
The glassworks was bought in an auction by industrialist Karol Schedlbauer. Under his management the range was extended to all types of hollow, cast, patent and plate glass. |
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1939 - 1945
Although the glassworks was damaged with the passing of the front line during the Second World War, production did not stop. |
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1948
After nationalisation the glassworks at Nemšová was incorporated into the national enterprise Spojené sklárny Lednické Rovne (United Glassworks Lednické Rovne). |
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1950s
Partial reconstruction took place in the early 1950s. A melting tank was constructed and two automatic Mitchell machines installed for the production of preserve glass jars and phials. Production was moved into a new hall and the original glassworks building was demolished at the end of 1958. |
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1960
The glassworks became part of the national enterprise Moravia Kyjov. |
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1961-1968
In the spirit of socialist planning the glassworks underwent great building and technological reconstruction of all the buildings. The enterprise acquired a new face and provided employment for more than nine hundred residents of Nemšová and the environs. The construction took place of flats for the employees and a boarding house for glass apprentices. |
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1965
The last hand produced piece of glass left the glassworks. Glassworkers from Nemšová were re-trained for fully automatic production. |
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1969
An independent national enterprise was established called Skloobal belonging to the Sklo Union Teplice Group in Bohemia. |
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1970 - 1990
Further organisational changes followed. In 1972 the glassworks was incorporated into the trust of glasswork enterprises in Slovakia called Tatrasklo based in Trnava. Reconstruction work in the 1970s and 1980s stamped the present appearance on the glassworks. The production programme came to specialise in wide-neck preserve glass, colourless and coloured glass for foods and chemicals. |
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1991
The joint stock company Skloobal was established and exclusively stated owned. |
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1990s
The glassworks was forced to reduce the production capacity and the number of employees. Despite the difficult situation in the company a successful audit of the quality management system according to the ISO 9001 norm took place. |
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2002
The Swiss VETROPACK Group, a leading container glass producer in Europe, entered the company. |
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2004
The company VETROPACK NEMŠOVÁ put the fully reconstructed melting tank into operation. Despite the high costs and slight restriction in production capacity associated with modernisation the Nemšová Glassworks managed to achieve positive economic results this year. |
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2005
The correctness of the investment confirms the positive development of the Vetropack Nemšová Glassworks. The enterprise with its 380 employees managed to increase its turnover by 25% in 2005 to a total of 1.4 billion Slovak crowns and sell 412 million glass containers. |
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2006
A new melting tank was put into operation with a daily capacity of 215 tons. The melting tank for colourless glass is more energy efficient and in comparison with the previous tank produces a third less emissions of NOx. |
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