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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Glass |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Antoine Ioannidès |
| Products | Tempered glass tableware and kitchenware |
| Revenue | 30.097 M € (2013)[1] |
| Owner | International Cookware Group |
Number of employees | 220 (2013)[2] |
| Website | duralex |
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Duralex is a French tempered glass tableware and kitchenware manufacturer located in La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin in Loiret, France.[3] Using a technique developed in the 1930s by Saint-Gobain, moulded glass is heated to 600 degrees Celsius then cooled very quickly, giving it an impact resistance that is twice superior to normal glass.[4]
The Picardie tumbler and the Gigogne glass are two of the company's best-known products.[3] The "Gigogne" glass is in the permanent collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.[5]
The brand name is derived from the Latin motto dura lex, sed lex ("the law is harsh, but it is the law").[6]
- ^ Duralex International. RCS Orleans B 505 397 554, societe.com.
- ^ Duralex : retour "verre" le futur, Vincent Vidal, Home Fashion News, December 2013
- ^ a b John Lichfield, "Duralex – the glass tumbler that would not be broken", The Independent, 27 January 2010.
- ^ Kate Watson-Smyth, "The Secret History Of: The Duralex glass range", The Independent, 26 November 2010.
- ^ "Gobelet [Gigogne] - Centre de documentation des musées - Les Arts Décoratifs". Archived from the original on 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
- ^ "The Duralex brand - Duralex". www.duralex.com. Retrieved 16 December 2017.