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“Colours you have to see”

• » Aerial photo

• »1 View of part of the Opavsky product range

• »2 Glazes and engobes are supplied to the roofing...

• »3 The company’s own laboratory not only conducts...

• »4 … but also develops new products in accordance...

• »5 All batches produced are compared with the...

• »6 In the laboratory, several furnaces are...

• »7 The freshly melted frits are drained off,...

• »8 With the new mixing plant, the company can...

• »9 Opavsky Managing Director Inge Kropp talking
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Under this slogan, Opavsky, the long-established smelting and glaze fabrication firm, showcased its portfolio of products at this year’s Ceramitec. The 95‑year-old company supplies ceramic frits, glazes, engobes and enamels for the ceramics industry. In this report, we should like to profile the company for our readers.

1 Then and now

Josef Opavsky, Great-Grandfather of today’s Managing Director Inge Kropp, was a furnace builder. His work took him to many enamel works. He recognized the great ­demand for high-quality enamel and it was therefore logical that in 1914 he founded the