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AMERICAS DOMESTIC GLASS COMPANY PROFILE
CRISTALLERIE STRAUSS SA
Rua Erich Meyer 1033 - Caixa Postal 951 Itoupava Central
89069 300 Blumenau – Brazil
Tel.: +55 - 47 - 32323232 - Fax: +55 - 47 - 32323200
E-mail: contato@strauss.com.br - www.strauss.com.br
n Blumenau-SC, a Brasilian city the stage of cutting, the artisan works the piece using a
of great natural beauty, is locat- grinding wheel that will devastate the layer of colored
Ied CRISTALLERIE STRAUSS crystal, giving the appearance of transparent crystal
S.A., specializing in the art of as design of the cutting. Finally, it made the whole pro-
manufacturing the crystal, tech- cess of quality control to avoid possible imperfections.
nique and knowledge brought to The Overlay Crystal, as well as all other manufactured
Brazil in 1950 by German immi- products, are in accordance with the nature, and the
grant Karl Friedrich Eugen Strauss. factory is located in an entirely wooded region, us-
It was founded on august 5, ing the foundry process that does not pollute the en-
1983 by Karl Friedrich Eugen Strauss and his son, vironment, their furnaces are electric and controlled
Frederico Werner Strauss, both with expertise in the electronically and the water, after used, is treated and
field of crystal, with the main objective to have the best returned to nature.
and best equipped factory producing lead
crystal items, with content of 24% (PbO),
only compared to the best in the world.
The key factors of great success are dedica-
tion and art employed in his work, produced
by artisans with much experience and tech-
nique, blow and cut with hand, giving them
a touch of class and art.
Professionalism, good taste, integrity and
hard work are the ingredients for success and
achievement of competitive markets and de-
manding consumers, in Brazil and overseas.
These are the pillars that support the incredible
performance of Cristallerie Straus S.A.
Mouth blown and hand-cut, Cristallerie
Straus S.A. is the only factory in the Ameri-
cas with know-how of producing the legiti-
mate Overlay Crystal 24% PbO, pro-
duced in the colors light green, blue,
amethyst, green, ruby, light blue,
yellow, black and red.
This product requires the superposition of
two types of materials: colored crystal and
the transparent crystal. First, colored pieces
are produced in a half moon shape. Starting
the process of manufacturing, harvest with
cane glassmaker the transparent crystal that
is in the crucible foundry (pot which focuses
the incandescent material) which then, is
coupled within the colored part preheated.
This done, it is brought back to a specific
furnace to be heated until it reaches the ide-
al temperature to be blown by the artisan.
After this conformation step, the piece will
undergo several operations culminating in
the choice of the cutting to be applied. At
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