Glass industry
The glass industry includes all companies involved in the manufacture and processing of glass . Glass is used in a variety of ways in industry , research , construction and in private households .
Around 55,000 people are employed in around 500 companies in Germany in this branch of the economy . In 2004, the companies in the German glass industry achieved a total turnover of 8.2 billion euros and exported their products to over 200 countries.
history
Because of the immense demand for wood, the centers of the German glass industry have always been the wooded low mountain ranges , especially the villages and towns in the Bavarian and Thuringian Forests , which lived mainly from this industry until the middle of the 20th century. Numerous specializations developed here, for example Christmas tree decorations from Lauscha and thermometers and other laboratory glassware from Ilmenau . The world's first thermometer and X-ray tube were manufactured in Stützerbach near Ilmenau . Ilmenau was also the location of the largest glass factory in the GDR , namely the VEB factory for technical glass in Ilmenau .
stand-in
The workers in the glass industry are represented in Germany by IG BCE . The employers in the glass industry are represented in Germany by the Federal Employers' Association for Glass and Solar .
literature
- Dispan, Jürgen (2013): Glass Industry in Germany. Industry report 2013. Stuttgart (= IMU Information Service No. 3-2013). Link to the industry study
- Dispan, Jürgen (2013): Glass Industry in Germany. Industry analysis. In: Vassiliadis, Michael (ed.): Industrial policy for progress - challenges and perspectives using the example of central branches of the IG BCE. Hanover.
