Passavant-la-Rochère. The La Rochère glassworks celebrates its 550th anniversary: ​​a fiery anniversary

Made of glass and against all odds. La Rochère has survived wars, revolutions, changes of ownership, and economic crises. Founded in 1475, the glassworks, located in a hamlet of Passavant-la-Rochère , a village in Haute-Saône bordering the Vosges, has crossed the centuries to celebrate its 550th anniversary this year. This SME with 115 employees, owned since 2021 by a French family group Tourres & Cie, is today the oldest glassworks in operation in France.

How can we explain such longevity? " La Rochère is still around because it has adapted to market changes. And it still does today," says Gilles Ambs. The sixty-year-old, hired in 1988 as a management controller, now chairs...

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