History of Stölzle Glass Group

1805	Karl Smola founds the Oberdorf glassworks in Bärnbach on 15th June.
1835	Carl Stölzle founds two glass factories in Lower Austria’s Waldviertel region.
1848	The Oberdorf glassworks become "k.u.k." (imperial and royal) glassworks.
1867	Stölzle manufacturing consists of seven glass factories in Austria, Bohemia and Hungary.
1871	The glass factory in Köflach, Austria is established.
1900	Stölzle employs 1,100 skilled tradesmen, 1,000 labourers and 80 sales agents.
1919	After the end of WWI the Stölzle group of companies disintegrates.
1945	After the end of WWII three glass factories from the former Czechoslovakia are hived off from the group of companies.
1978	The Stölzle Glasindustrie AG and the Oberglas Glashütten AG merge and become the Stölzle-Oberglas AG.
1987	The Stölzle-Oberglas AG is taken over by Dr. Cornelius Grupp (CAG-Holding)
1988	The exhibition “Glass and coal” in the Steiermark region of Austria is held in Bärnbach. Since then, the newly built Stölzle Glass Centre hosts yearly exhibitions about glass.
1992	Purchase of the glassworks Hermanova Hut in the Czech Republic (Stölzle-Union s.r.o.)
1994	Purchase of the glassworks in Knottingley, Great Britain (Stölzle Flaconnage Ltd.)
2000	Change of corporate form from Stölzle-Oberglas AG to Stölzle-Oberglas AG & Co KG
2001	Purchase of the glassworks in Czestochowa, Poland (Stolzle Czestochowa Sp. z o.o.)
2005	Change of corporate form from Stölzle-Oberglas AG & Co. KG to Stölzle-Oberglas GmbH

Introduction to the Group

History of Stölzle Glass Group