Ajka Crystal Glassware

Ajka Crystal (sculpture) is named after Kincsem, which was a worldwide famous Hungarian race horse, who won all of her competitions. Our "wonder-mare" symbolizes strength and glory. In 1891 the factory has become the property of strong capital Kossuch firm. The work of Janos Kossuch has strongly influenced the Ajka glass production. These days the ajka crystals has happened to be found in the North-American United States, East-India, Germany. To guarantee quality glass production, electronical environment-friendly glassmelting, multi-color production, hand-painted glass production have been introduced. As the production grew, the 2nd workshop has been built in Ajkacsinger for the crystal production.

To guarantee quality glass production, electronically environmentally-friendly glass melting, multi-color production, hand-painted glass production has been introduced. As the production grew, Ajka company built second workshop in Ajkacsinger for the crystal production. Ajka Crystal also maintains a china-painter workshop for the unique orders, where the china is painted by hand. 90% of production is exported, mostly to the North-American and West-European countries, but there is also a great interest for the Ajka Crystal in Japan and in South-East Asia. There products are made in three different styles. They produce smooth, painted and grinding-decorated crystals. The glasses, bowls, jugs, chalices and fancy-glasses made of clear crystal and lead-crystal represent a high artistic level.

The latest experiment is being made with two-layer glass. In contrast to Bohemian commercial laminated glass, which imitates 19th-century souvenir glasses. Magda Nemeth is working on Geometric forms and ornamental patterns fully appropriate to both material and technique. Looking at the products of the latest decades, Ajka Company has established design of a craftsmanlike quality, hallmarked by the name of Tapio Wirkkala, thanks mostly to the efforts of Magda Nemeth. This is no small achievement, since the factory has to move in an orbit dictated by its orders.

The factory at Ajka Company has been characterized by technical variety. The flexible parallel application of hot and cold techniques ever since its foundation: from the iridescent wineglasses of the 1880s to the laminated glass of today all techniques have been characterized by professional execution and, in the last decades, by special, tine designs, bringing more and more recognition abroad. Akja Company has distributors in many countries. Ajka Crystal products can be ordered through Ajka distributors and also directly from There Export Office.