Parma & its enterprises

GLASS

Non-Metallic Minerals and Glass Working O n 11 July, 1759 Du Tillot founded the “Reale fabbrica delle Maioliche e dei Vetri” (Royal Ceramics and Glassworks), marking the beginnings of the glass industry in the city. During the mid-1800s, following a number of changes of ownership, the factory was acquired by the Bormioli family which ran it as an artisan activity producing bottles for perfume and pharmaceutical products, goblets, vases, tableware and writing materials. Around the year 1929 the company began a systematic program of technological renovation that allowed it to shift from handcrafting, then to semi-automated and f inally to fully automated production.

containers, glasses, fine bottles, decorated glassware and other products as well as plate glass. In particular, a firm produces vials and bottles for use in the pharmaceutical, chemical, cosmetics and food sectors. Another enterprise, which is medium in size, is specialized in creating and decorating glass items (glasses, ash-trays, boxes, etc.) The sector also includes several companies involved in the industrial production of bricks and tiles, clay and pre-fab concrete items(steps, floors, walls, tiles and other such elements, both for houses and outdoors).

Today the Bormioli glassworks, which hasundergone several changes in its corporate structure in recent years, remains a leading company in both domestic and international markets. Parma is a leading center in the production of glass , with two major companies involved in its production and one active in glass decoration. The range of products is varied and includes

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