Our glasswork in Kosta is Sweden’s oldest still operating
glasswork. The furnaces have been lit since 1742. We
welcome you to witness a genuine Swedish handcraft.
All year round you could follow the production of
ORREFORS and KOSTA BODA products; from
the melting of the glass to the blowing, cutting and
painting.
In-house production has the benefit of direct influence,
which gives us even better opportunities to work with
sustainability. For example, the entire production chain
in Kosta is ISO-certified for quality and environmental
management. Waste heat from the glassworks is
delivered to the community’s district heating network.
In 2007 and 2008, we replaced heating oil with
biofuel-based district heating, which resulted in a
1’700 ton reduction of CO2 emissions.
Further, SEGER has during 2017 completely switched
to energy from wind power in the production, which
brings us one step closer to a green manufacturing
plant in Sweden.
The work to recycle and reduce waste is an on-going
part of the daily environmental efforts. With leftovers
of raw material, SEGER could produce 200 knitted
caps which were donated to the City Mission of
Stockholm – sustainability at its best.
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IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION
New Wave Group owns a few production units. In
Sweden, our brand SEGER has its knitting factory in
Röshult where the production has been based since the
company was founded in 1947. In the Netherlands,
TOPPOINT has a printing unit for pens and mugs
and in Denmark, our subsidiary DAHETRA owns
a facility for embroidery and transfer printing. A
similar embroidery unit can be found in the U.S
where we have our subsidiaries PARIS GLOVE and
CUTTER & BUCK.