Asfour crystal
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| Private | |
| Industry | Glass |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Headquarters | Egypt |
| Products | Crystal Fashion Components, Crystal Parts, Lighting Fixtures and Chandeliers, Gifts, Crys-Tile |
Number of employees | More than 28,000 |
| Website | www.asfourcrystal.com |
Asfour Crystal is an Egyptian crystal manufacturing company that produces crystal pieces under its own name. The company produces clear and coloured crystals for diverse uses including lighting, accessories, fashion pieces, chandeliers, figurines and special projects. At the present time, Asfour Crystal is the world’s largest manufacturer and exporter of crystal, having a production capacity that exceeds 100 tons of crystal per day and exporting to more than 50 countries across the globe.
History
Asfour Crystal was established in 1961 [1] in Cairo, Egypt and began with a 2,200 square meter workspace that employed 200 craftsmen and utilized simple, basic production tools. Nowadays, Asfour Crystal had expanded into 5 crystal factories that cover a total build-up area of more than 1.2 million square meters. The factories employ more than 28,000[2] craftsmen and women, and the company still stand at that status till today.
As Asfour Crystal expanded, the need for custom-made tools and machinery resulted in the company’s adoption of a backward integration strategy where these tools and machines were designed, developed and manufactured by Asfour Crystal for Asfour Crystal.
In 2000, Asfour Crystal launched the Crystal Fashion Components division,[3] producing clear and coloured crystals for the fashion industry with all its sectors, including accessories, apparel, jewellery and decoration.