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Glass and ceramic industry
The Czech Republic is unique in the field of glassmaking as all glassmaking techniques have been preserved here. The glass industry is represented by roughly 108 companies (with over 50 employees) and more than 20,000 employees (2023). Flat glass remained at the forefront of this industry, covering 40 % of the sales.
AGC Flat Glass Czech (flat glass), VETROPACK MORAVIA GLASS (container glassware); SAINT-GOBAIN ADFORS CZ (fibreglass), KAVALIERGLASS (technical, laboratory and drinking glassware) still remain the most significant producers in this sector.
PRECIOSA – LUSTRY and LASVIT focus on the production of chandeliers and their glass installations can be found in the most luxurious hotels, palaces, airports, museums and luxury yachts in the world.
Crystal BOHEMIA and MOSER focus on drinking glasses. The companies PAS Jablonec (Jablonex jewellery) and PRECIOSA BEAUTY are famous in the jewellery sector.
Handmade production of Christmas tree decorations from blown glass beads (RAUTIS) was included in 2020 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Czech glassmakers are also making a name for themselves in Hollywood, and Czech glass has made it into movie blockbusters.
An example is the company KLIMCHI, whose hobnail jug Rosalin glitters in the movie Barbie. Another story of an amazing project for a Hollywood film is the glass sculptures for the American film Glass Onion: a Knives Out Mystery by PAČINEK GLASS. These projects are proof of the high-end artistic processing and design that the Czech glassworks offer.
The porcelain and ceramic industry are represented by 21 companies. The most significant porcelain producers are the companies Thun 1794, Český porcelán and G. Benedikt Karlovy Vary. Main producers of ceramics are Keramika Krumvíř and KERAMIA. LAUFEN CZ and Ideal Standard focused on technical and medical ceramics.