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Glass Mall => Glass News => Topic started by: a40ty on October 01, 2008, 04:32:38 AM
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On Friday Holmegaard glassworks was declared bankrupt; 150 employees have lost their jobs and 60 have been suspended. It seems that the glassworks and the activity centre have been kept separate and that the latter will continue.
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It's a shame, but not exactly a surprise. They've been in financial difficulty on and off since the 1970s, and haven't released any interesting new designs for about 15 years.
I daresay, though, that someone will buy up the brandname and continue the outsourced production in Poland that Holmegaard have been running since the '70s.
R.I.P. real Holmegaard.
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I think the problem with a lot of these glassworks (and most businesses in general) is that as soon as they hit trouble they streamline their output to just the very safe and very neutral designs - as well as the very cheap designs - then try to trade solely on their brandname and charge something not dissimilar to studio glass prices for bland and tired mass-production items.
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Hear hear! The innovative designers have already got the boot and have left for pastures new.
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Just flicking through the pages of Holmegaard's 1999 catalogue and nearly all of it is identical to their current one. Very few changes indeed.
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I was also shocked to here that Lisguard Glass were still making although just door handles.
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It turns out the activity centre at Holmegaard is also closed.
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I hope they have arrangements made for their extensive archive. :huh:
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They could give it to you! ;D
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Tremendously sad news about Holmegaard! It goes back to 1825 and produced designs by Per Lutken and Joseph and Michael Bang, ( I won't make the tasteless joke!). Both influenced greatly Ronnie Stennett-Willson and Frank Thrower!
One wonders where it will all end with rumours abounding about Dartington and Waterford Wedgwood!
:ghug:
Surely some quality makers must survive!
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Lise and Dan Andersen told me about Holmegards bankrupcy, what a shame. WHO here will rescue the glass !!??