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HISTORICAL PRODUCTS
Historical products
‘reinforced cemented glass’. And glassmaking tradition. In order
the glass blocks have been in 1991 to broaden its coverage to oth-
at the basis of the Vetroarredo ers technical glass applications,
‘entrepreneurial adventure’. in 2001 the company acquired
With unreserved determina- the Italian firm, Dielve, a world-
tion, the new company achieved leading manufacturer of glass
constant growth through a series insulators for power transmis-
of acquisitions and ongoing sion lines. This was the first
innovation. step towards gaining leadership
During the 1990s, in this field too. The acquisition
Vetroarredo acquired the light- of Sediver, the world’s num-
ing glass business of Vetrerie ber one producer of glass and
Lodi, a company with a hun- composite insulators, led to the
dred-year long history, and the birth of the Vetroarredo Sediver
Czech company, Vitrablok, a Group, the industry leader that
specialist glass block manufac- subsequently took on the name
turer, steeped in the bohemian of Seves. O
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