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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Glass manufacturer, production of drinking glasses of lead-free crystal,[1] clear and decorated |
| Founded | 1892 |
| Founder | Jozef Schreiber |
| Headquarters | Lednické Rovne, Slovakia |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Household goods, drinking glass for households and professional use in gastronomy, aerospace and ship catering |
| Revenue | €62 million (2015)[2][3] |
| Website | www |
RONA a.s. (distribution under RONA brand) is a Slovak drinking glass manufacturer, established in Lednické Rovne, Slovakia, in 1892. The name RONA comes from the former naming of the village ‘‘Lednicz Rone’’.[4] The company manufactures unleaded drinking glasses, known as crystal glass. 96% of production is exported and is available in more than 80 countries worldwide. The yearly production of the company exceeds 60 million pieces (2016).[2][3] Product segments include households, the gastronomy business, aerospace, and ship catering.
Products of the company can be found at Buckingham Palace and the White House. RONA created also a gift set for the football club Manchester United designed for fan shops in 2006. At the turn of 2008 and 2009, the company created and manufactured sets for fans of FC Barcelona, composed of stemware for champagne, red and white wines and carafes. The glass from Lednické Rovne can be found in the New York Rockefeller center's Rainbow Room, and in luxury hotels in Dubai and Las Vegas. The glass from the RONA company is supplied to airlines including: Emirates, Qatar Airways, Etihad, KLM, and American Airlines.[5] Relief stemware set named Harmony was presented in an American sitcom from the world of young physicists, The Big Bang Theory.
The main manufacturing programs of the glassworks:
- An automatic manufacturing of the stemware with attached stem, stemware with pulled stem, large accessory pieces such as vases, bowls, carafes and other accessories
- Handmade stemware, tumblers, vases, bowls, carafes and accessories
- Glass (hand made and machine made) refinements by various glass decoration techniques (pantograph etching, cutting, painting, engraving, spraying, screen printing, tampoprint, an automatic calibration by laser).
- ^ "COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 15 December 1969 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to crystal glass". eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ a b RONA: Annual Report 2015 (PDF) (Report). Jan 31, 2017.
- ^ a b RONA: Register of Financial Statements (Report). Jan 31, 2017.
- ^ Németh, Jana. "Keď je sklo ako med". SME. Bratislava, Slovakia: sme.sk. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ Fuknová, Marcela. "Krehké víťazstva" (PDF). ŽIVOT (in Slovak). Bratislava, Slovakia. pp. 46–48. Retrieved 21 June 2016.