Our History
HISTORY AND FUTURE
1825
The Bormioli family moves from Altare (Savona) to Fidenza (Parma) where the first glassworks is established
1854
After the acquisition of the Reale Fabbrica delle Maioliche e del Vetro (The Royal Majolica and Glass Manufacturer) in Parma, the Bormioli family transforms it into Vetreria F.lli Bormioli (Bormioli Brothers Glassworks) and, later on, into Vetreria Bormioli Rocco e Figlio (Bormioli Rocco and Son Glassworks)
1903
Our staff already counts 100 members and we move to Via S. Leonardo in Parma
1911
We are up to 300 staff members and we begin to produce food containers.
1915-18 WORLD WAR I
Producing glass to contain and transport medicines and food requires a great effort on the part of the glassworks. Bormioli Rocco expands.
1927
The Fidenza Vetraria (Fidenza Glassworks) is established. It will be later acquired by Bormioli Rocco only to become their most important factory.
1944
The Parma factory is hit heavily by the bombings.
1948
More modernizing of equipment with semi-automatic machines.
1950-60
After the destruction, a grand stimulus with the Marshall Plan.
1954-55
The first IS machine is purchased in the United States.
1960
The first machines for tempered products are manufactured.
1970
The process of welding stems to glasses is fine tuned.
1972
The first big advertizing campaign.
1976 QUATTRO STAGIONI
An icon that will make history is born: the first jar for domestic use suitable for pasteurization.
1998
The technology that permits the production of fine ‘pulled stem’ glasses is developed.
2014
The Glassblock project begins in the Spanish manufacturing plant; the production of glass bricks for the construction industry begins.
2017
''With the historical acquisition of Bormioli Rocco Tableware, Bormioli Luigi will expand the perimeters of its organizational and material resources in order to develop original and virtuous ways of doing business in glass'' - Alberto Bormioli, President of Bormioli Luigi.
1825
The Bormioli family moves from Altare (Savona) to Fidenza (Parma) where the first glassworks is established
1854
After the acquisition of the Reale Fabbrica delle Maioliche e del Vetro (The Royal Majolica and Glass Manufacturer) in Parma, the Bormioli family transforms it into Vetreria F.lli Bormioli (Bormioli Brothers Glassworks) and, later on, into Vetreria Bormioli Rocco e Figlio (Bormioli Rocco and Son Glassworks)
1903
Our staff already counts 100 members and we move to Via S. Leonardo in Parma
1911
We are up to 300 staff members and we begin to produce food containers.
1915-18 WORLD WAR I
Producing glass to contain and transport medicines and food requires a great effort on the part of the glassworks. Bormioli Rocco expands.
1927
The Fidenza Vetraria (Fidenza Glassworks) is established. It will be later acquired by Bormioli Rocco only to become their most important factory.
1944
The Parma factory is hit heavily by the bombings.
1948
More modernizing of equipment with semi-automatic machines.
1950-60
After the destruction, a grand stimulus with the Marshall Plan.
1954-55
The first IS machine is purchased in the United States.
1960
The first machines for tempered products are manufactured.
1970
The process of welding stems to glasses is fine tuned.
1972
The first big advertizing campaign.
1976 QUATTRO STAGIONI
An icon that will make history is born: the first jar for domestic use suitable for pasteurization.
1998
The technology that permits the production of fine ‘pulled stem’ glasses is developed.
2014
The Glassblock project begins in the Spanish manufacturing plant; the production of glass bricks for the construction industry begins.
2017
''With the historical acquisition of Bormioli Rocco Tableware, Bormioli Luigi will expand the perimeters of its organizational and material resources in order to develop original and virtuous ways of doing business in glass'' - Alberto Bormioli, President of Bormioli Luigi.