“We entrusted each other with the keys to the box”: the beautiful story of Duralex

The schoolchildren still have lots of laughter ahead of them in the canteen. They will be able to continue playing “how old are you?” » while plunging their noses into the bottom of their Duralex glass. The heritage company specializing in tempered glass deemed unbreakable and twice as resistant as the annealed version was saved from certain disappearance in mid-summer 2024 by transforming into a Scop (cooperative and participatory company). A new organization for a new start, also materialized by the record fundraising launched among the general public.

Lacking capital and facing international competition, Duralex has already experienced five receiverships and several buyers. None was able to find the right formula to relaunch the icon of the refectories and the energy crisis almost brought the death blow to a company which consumes gas like a town of 30,000 inhabitants.

By Editor