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Afer a management buyout in 2001, the two managers Robert Hartel and Andreas Buske acquired the enterprise. This led to a radical reorganization with reduction of the assortment, the selling of stocks and properties as well as a further reduction of the number of employees to approximately 400 workers. Renaming took place at the same time in "Zwiesel Kristallglas AG". Higher price segment catering and hotels were the new areas of concentration. On 1 January 2006 the trademark rights for the traditional brand 'Jenaer glas' were acquired.
In 2006 the enterprise was awarded with the title „Turnarounder of the year“ by the restaurant magazine impulse and the BDO Deutsche Warentreuhand AG. In 2007 the Zwiesel Kristallglas AG was among the hundred winners of a competition for innovation, the „Top 100“. Today the enterprise employs over 700 workers, approximately 500 in Zwiesel and a conversion of over 70 million euro is expected.
On the grounds of the Zwiesel Kristalglass AG the highest crystal glass pyramid of the world (approx. 26 feet high) made from over 93.000 glasses was unveiled on 25 May 2007.
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