It is firm and fragile at the same time. He is directing us everywhere. Glass. Unpopular washing of windows and drinking spring water from the dewlapped cup. You may have gone through your glasses before reading these lines. Glass again.

Unmistakable material writes its history for fifty-five years in the Púchov district in Lednice Rovniach. Cups for various occasions, beverages, trophies, as well as decorative items. It all comes to the world at the foot of the hot furnace and the fast glass handles. Dissolved glass in nearly 1000-degree heat resembles a cup of honey, and from brisk play it discourages only unbearable temperature. But when the glass draws him out of the whistle and breathes his life, the glass stiffens at an incredible speed. He does not want to believe that a few seconds ago, this balloon, from which the cup is gradually shaped, was seen in a furnace like a lava. The Rovnian factory is the largest of its kind in Slovakia. Her products travel all over the world. You can find your company logo in more than 60 countries across continents. And the watchful audience did not miss the cups of the Lednice Rows or the successful television series The Big Bang Theory.

Well-made glasses are really going to last, and production manager Peter Vrábel is surprisingly starting to squeeze glass. Yes, you are reading correctly. The cup he just picked from the display case is pressed in his fingers and he bends in his hands. The tension in the room can be cut, our eyes are wide open and the director just smiles. "That's how good glass is," he did not have to add. Behind the glassworks doors hundreds of products are produced daily. Part comes from automatic production, part is made directly in the hands of Equian champions. "These two worlds do not compete. They are two different businesses - one selling stories, the other products, "explains Vrábel, saying that handmade production will never be profitable, but RONE does not want to give up. But they have seven automatic lines in their lives.

At the same time, Fabrika has been investing in development for years. Especially technological. In this respect, it has been the European leader since the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Maybe it will be unbelievable for us ladies, but at least we will please the world success of our natives. In 2001, RONA as the world's first glassmaker introduced automatic production of double-hung cups with rolled legs into serial production. Experts say it is one of the most progressive technologies in the world in the production of beverage glass. Overall, glassworks are one of the best equipped factories in the world. This is confirmed by Patrik Illo, the head of the Equatorial Glassworks. Together with him three new designers make new designs of the cups. Their ideas transform the reality of nearly 1300 company employees. And when it comes to numbers, it will incredibly sound the number of pieces produced. Of the Lednice Rove, 65 million products will leave annually.

The glassworks are closely related to the local secondary school of glassworks. Thanks to this, professional continuity is ensured in the company. Already at school, pupils have their own studio, workshop, or even glassworks. The heat of the oven is so "tasty" already during the school and they know exactly what they are doing professionally. Under the motto "Glassworks Craft" does not suffer the equnian high school students involved in dual education. Students from some departments practice and learn directly in RONE. The cooperation of young glassmakers with professionals is non-payment, but the rules of dual education make it possible to earn money while studying. Every year the school brings craftsmanship to the glassmaking market, and skilful designers continue to pursue a related college degree.

Talent and skill show off during their studies at various exhibitions. Like their glass idols from the factory that converts "hot honey to fragile and solid glass."

author: Rado Stoklasa