Claims, Experience, Innovation & Improvement

It is not by chance that our location is in the traditional glass capital Zwiesel in the Bavarian forest. It is a symbol of high quality standards and experience as well. In contrast to this traditional component stands our modern company building. Innovation and progress are prerequisites for economic and competitive ability. Our qualified staff combines engineering knowledge with a mastery of skills. Furthermore, perfected quality control management provides for products of highest standard, Made in Bavaria.

Made in Bavaria

When  you  hear  the  words  Oktoberfest, Dirndl, football, Weißwurst, beer and BMW, you immediately think of Bavaria. But there are many other successful products from Bavaria. Bavaria is famous for its unique symbiosis of human and modern, of tradition and progress. Companies in Bavaria are also present in the world market of glass. The most famous town for glass in Bavaria is Zwiesel. Many famous high-quality  products  and  glasses  are  from our region. As you can see, our company is in  the  center  of  glass.  Our  experience  with glass is based on a long tradition since 1835 until today.

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Glass Capital Zwiesel

It is not by chance that our location is in the traditional glass capital Zwiesel in the Bavarian forest. It is a symbol of high quality standards and experience as well. In contrast to this traditional component stands our modern company building. Innovation and progress are prerequisites for economic and competitive ability. Our qualified staff combines engineering knowledge with a mastery of skills. Furthermore, perfected quality control management provides for products of the highest standard.

Team

Roland Wagenbauer Dipl. Ing.


President / CEO

Roland Wagenbauer Dipl. Ing.

Bernadette Wagenbauer Dipl. Ing.


Shareholder

Bernadette Wagenbauer Dipl. Ing.

Markus Schreder Dipl. Ing.


Technical Director

Markus Schreder Dipl. Ing.

History

Tradition in building Glass Melting Furnaces

After the expulsion of the Germans from Eastern Islands in the year 1946, Benedikt and Fritz Wagenbauer (father and son) were employed with the successor firm of the Passauer Company, the glass furnace building company Emanuel Uhrmann, Munich. Fritz Wagenbauer completed his apprenticeship under the well-known furnace building engineer Fritz Bayerl. Later, Fritz Bayerl worked for 25 years in Cairo, Egypt – as glass furnace builder. Fritz Wagenbauer in the Fifties became chief supervisor at the Emanuel Uhrmann firm in Munich. In this position he worked in following countries and glass factories on the construction of glass melting furnaces:

Austria – Germany – Italy – Finland – Spain – Portugal – Switzerland – Hungary – Korea – Yugoslavia – Romania

In 1974 Fritz Wagenbauer founded his own company with the target to offer his long years of experience and his new ideas to the glass industry. His first order he received from the company Doo San in South-Korea to build a new lead crystal melting furnace.

Furnace construction over 5 generations since 1835

1974 – Fritz Wagenbauer founds his own furnace construction company in Zwiesel
1990 – Roland Wagenbauer becomes General Manager
2000 – new construction of the plant facilities at the headquarters

Sustainability

Research and Development

IWG initiates research projects in cooperation with renowned research institutes and customers to optimize the energy consumption and the glass quality.

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