About us

Our Craft and Heritage

Based in Toledo, Ohio, Libbey Inc. is one of the largest glass tableware manufacturers in the world.
Libbey Inc. operates manufacturing plants in the United States, Mexico, China, Portugal and The Netherlands.
In existence since 1818, the company supplies tabletop products to retail, foodservice and B2B customers in over 100 countries.
Libbey’s global brand portfolio, in addition to its namesake brand, includes Crisa®, Royal Leerdam, Syracuse® China and World® Tableware International.

 

At Libbey Glass Europe we dedicate our day-to-day business servicing our customers in Retail, Foodservice and B2B,
with a variety of high-quality, elegant and strong glassware supported by equally strong guaranties and solutions.

 

We say cheers to that!

Our story so far

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Edward Drummond Libbey inherits full control of the company

1 January, 1874
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Birth of the ‘Glass City’

1 January, 1888
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The years of cut glass classics

1 January, 1894
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First to Automatically Produce Light Bulbs

1 January, 1904
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First to Develop Machine Blown Glass

1 January, 1907
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Largest Machine Made Stemware

1 January, 1975
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The birth of Gibraltar glassware

1 January, 1977
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The Birth of Everest glassware

1 January, 1988
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Libbey creates the marbelique glassware process

1 January, 1989
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Libbey introduces partnership with Syracuse China

1 January, 1995
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Libbey has the first tableware computer simulation for hot glass forming processes

1 January, 1996
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The Restyle of Hobstar

1 January, 2000
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Libbey introduces partnership with Royal Leerdam

1 January, 2002
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Libbey Acquires Crisal

1 January, 2005
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Libbey obtains full ownership of Crisa

1 January, 2006
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Libbey rings the closing bell on the New York Stock Exchange.

1 January, 2011
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The Birth of SPKSY

1 January, 2012
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Edward Drummond Libbey inherits full control of the company

22 June, 2019
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Birth of the ‘Glass City’

22 June, 2019
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The years of cut glass classics

22 June, 2019
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First to Automatically Produce Light Bulbs

22 June, 2019
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First to Develop Machine Blown Glass

22 June, 2019
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Inspiration

The World of Libbey

 

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