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ABOUT US

Csonkaglas Ltd., functioning today as a group of companies, named Csonkagroup, was founded by our father, Csonka Tivadar in 1982.

Several advantages of the family enterprise can be observed what the leading, directing of the 52 countries of 5 continents distributing group concerns. The production was started a long time ago in a family house’s garage, and became for these days a production site with about 60 employees, with own headquarters on 5000 quadratmeter built in the territory.

The key to our success is our commitment to quality, constant development, reliability, and equal cooperation with our partners. Excellent European glass raw material, certified quality, continuous development of technical and technological possibilities, and many years of experience with heat-resistant glass guarantee high-quality products.

Today, the company’s product range means the manufacture of household and laboratory glassware, the distribution of glass tube products.

our glass technique

In our glass technique we have been manufacturing laboratory and household glassware since the beginning, and we also undertake the production of custom products.

About us

We perform professional glass processing with traditional manual operations, special glass processing machines, automated production lines, and the most modern laser technology.

From the simplest operations (cutting, cracking, melting) to the most complex operations (jacketed coil condenser), we undertake the production of semi-finished and finished products.

Our heat-resistant glass processing options:

  • blowing
  • fracturing
  • cutting (tubes even in the longitudinal direction)
  • grinding
  • drilling
  • flame polishing
  • laser cutting
  • screen printing
TRENDGLAS JENA HOUSEHOLD GLASS PRODUCTS
LIVING WITH AESTHETICS AND FUNCTIONALITY

Our company has been a partner of SCHOTT Jenaer Glas GmbH since 1996 in the production of heat-resistant Jena cookware.

After the German company stopped the production of household glassware in 2005, Csonka és Fiai Kft. continued to produce it under a new brand name, and thus became one of the largest processors of heat-resistant glass in Europe.

With the establishment of Trendglas JENA GmbH in 2006, the company has now become international. The group’s Trendglas products have been successful in more and more countries around the world.

 

In 2009, the SOLO / GLOBE teapot family received the title of “Teapot of the Year” from the German TeeGschwendner and is entitled to the title of “Hungarian Handcraft Prime”.

The iF Design Award is one of today’s most prestigious awards in the world of innovative product design. Since 1954, the European Award has been a hallmark of perfect design, the optimal meeting of design and functionality worldwide.

We can claim this prestigious award twice, in 2013 our SIGN teapot and in 2016 our ILLOS / LUMOS pots were recognized.

LASER PROCESSING
What has been unthinkable so far, we are realizing now!

In 2019, we commissioned the world’s most modern laser glass processing equipment, which is our new direction, opening up these far unknown perspectives in the field of hollow glass processing. At present, our company is the only one in the world which offer hollow glass machining with laser cutting technology.

Our history

1982    The year of foundation.

1986   Already we are working together with 16 employees on 300 square meters.

1989   Obtaining a separate right for exports, taking part for the first time in a foreign fair as an exhibitor.

1994    The beginning of glass tube distribution in Hungary, produced by SCHOTT Rohrglas.

1996    Opening the office and warehouse in Budapest, Hungary.

1998        Moving to a new headquarter in Sopron, Hungary – 2000 square meters manufacturing territory.

The beginning of skilled worker practical training method, unique in Hungary, based on EU Leonardo program.

1999    Introducing first in Hungary (and single in the profession) the ISO 9002 system.

2003  Introducing ISO 9001:2001 Quality Management System.

2005  Our partner, SCHOTT Jenaer Glas GmbH stopped the production of household glassware. After buying the machines and molds, we have started the production in Sopron.

We concluded a contract with Frank Rothe, an entrepreneur from Germany, which resulted in the direct distribution of our houseware products worldwide.

Announcing and starting the production of a new trademark: Trendglas, which is already distributed by our partners in numerous countries worldwide (as Japan, Korea, Russia, Slovenia, Italy, Germany, Kanada, USA).

Bemutatkozás

2006     We concluded a contract with Frank Rothe, an entrepreneur from Germany, which resulted in the direct distribution of our houseware products worldwide.

Announcing and starting the production of a new trademark: Trendglas, which is already distributed by our partners in numerous countries worldwide (as Japan, Korea, Russia, Slovenia, Italy, Germany, Kanada, USA).

2006    We took part with our products for the first time at the world’s biggest international consumer-goods fair, the Ambiente from Frankfurt. Founding Trendglas Jena GmbH seated in Jena/Germany. The company assignment is to introduce the Trendglas products in German and EU countries market.

2006    Building a new production hall (150 square meters)

2007    Introducing SAP system (SAP Business One)

2008   Our Trendglas products succeeded in more and more countries of the world.

2008  To develop our depositing capacity, we started a new investment, which resulted from a new 300 square meters depositing hall.

The third company of CsonkaGroup was founded in Marosvásárhely (Targu Mures, Romania), named Glascom Ltd. (We closed it in 2013).

2009    We debuted on Ambiente with a new catalog, and we also presented at the fair the SOLO/GLOBE teapot family, which had a big success already in the first year of distribution: the product obtained the „Teapot of the year„ title from the German TeeGschwendner, and is entitled to use the title of “Hungarian Handcraft Prime”.

Beginning of the solar system development protected by own patent.

2010 We became the exclusive Hungarian distributor of Stölzle Lausitz, producer of crystal glass.

Bemutatkozás

2011     We have moved to another place (Soroksári út 150., 1095 Budapest) to offer our partners a better and fuller service.

2013    Our teapots SIGN 0.6 and 1.2 l won the iF Product Design Award 2013 and are entitled to wear the famous iF label. The iF Product Design Award is a worldwide acknowledged trademark of perfect design for 60 years now. The trademark iF is a long-established international symbol of excellent designer performance. Trendglas Jena joins this prominent society.

Procurement of a glassworking lathe. With this machine can be processed glass tubes with a diameter of 350 mm.

2014     As part of a large investment, the Sopron site is being expanded by a two-story, 2 x 400 m2 large workshop with office space and workshops.

2016    The Sopron site will be further expanded, a new warehouse and a production hall will be built on 700 m2.

We are IF Design Award winners again, this year we have won the prestigious prize with the ILLOS and LUMOS teapots.

2018    We had built a new tempering furnace.

We have partially automated our production with custom-developed machines, which has made the work of our employees easier.

2019     We have commissioned the world’s most modern laser glass processing equipment. At that time, our company was the only one in the world which offer hollow glass processing with laser cutting technology.