What Nybro Glasbruk does

Nybro Glasbruk is a privately-held Swedish glassmaker founded in 1935 and headquartered in Nybro, Sweden, in the Småland region historically associated with the Swedish crystal and glassware industry (per firmographic data). The company designs and produces decorative and functional glassware and crystal products targeted at two end uses: household consumption and gift-giving. The firm's product positioning spans the consumer-goods/giftware category rather than industrial, scientific, or technical glass.

Operationally, the input data provides no visibility into manufacturing capacity, headcount, production technology, kiln and furnace infrastructure, design pipeline, or distribution footprint. The product mix, price points, channel mix (retail, wholesale, direct-to-consumer e-commerce, B2B hospitality/gift), and customer geography are all unstated. The corporate website (nybro-glasbruk.se) was observed as reachable but returned only a Cloudflare-style verification/loader page during data collection, so no first-party technical, product-catalog, or governance disclosures were extractable.

The business model is a for-profit consumer goods operation, but specific revenue mechanics — pricing structure, distribution model, contract structure with retail partners, and customer segments — are not described in the input. No funding rounds, ownership transactions, M&A, leadership changes, partnerships, certifications, or awards are documented. The investment-relevant picture is therefore a long-heritage, single-site Swedish artisanal glassmaker of unknown current scale and momentum.

Name

Nybro Glasbruk

Website

https://nybro-glasbruk.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1935

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Nybro Glasbruk is a privately-held Swedish glassmaker, founded in 1935 in Nybro, Sweden, that designs and produces decorative and functional glassware and crystal products for household and gift-use consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Decorative Glassware Manufacturing

NAICS

Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware Manufacturing (327212)

SIC

Glass & Glassware, Pressed Or Blown (3220)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty & Decorative Glass Packaging (Custom Shapes, Embossed, Premium) (IMALAEAE)

Keywords

• Decorative glassware
• Crystal products
• Glass manufacturing
• Household glassware
• Gift glassware

Headquarters

HQ city

Nybro

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations

Core offering

Nybro Glasbruk designs and produces decorative and functional glassware and crystal products intended for household use and as gift items. The company operates as a traditional Swedish glassworks (glasbruk) based in Nybro, Sweden, with origins dating to 1935.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Direct peers

• Orrefors: Historic Swedish crystal and glassware producer also based in the Glasriket region, offering directly overlapping decorative and functional glassware lines targeted at the same household and gift customer.
• Kosta Boda: Sibling Swedish crystal brand from the Glasriket making decorative art glass and tableware, directly competing with Nybro Glasbruk in design-led, premium gift and household crystal.
• Iittala: Finnish design-led glassware and tableware house with comparable functional and decorative drinkware and serveware lines, targeting similar premium home and gift buyers across the Nordics and internationally.
• Holmegaard: Danish heritage glassmaker producing mouth-blown and machine-made decorative and functional glassware, sharing the Scandinavian craftsmanship positioning and Nordic retail/gift customer base.
• Royal Copenhagen: Danish heritage brand combining porcelain and glassware, competing in the same premium gift and household segment with similar Scandinavian craftsmanship positioning and collectible appeal.
• Riedel: Austrian maker of premium functional crystal drinkware, overlapping with Nybro Glasbruk's functional glassware category at the high-end of the tableware and gift market.
• Nachtmann: German crystal maker producing both decorative and functional glassware, with overlapping mid-to-premium gift and household positioning across European retail channels.

Broad incumbents

• Waterford: Globally distributed Irish crystal brand with broad gift and tableware lines; sets the global benchmark for premium crystal gifting against which Nybro Glasbruk's heritage positioning competes.
• Baccarat: French luxury crystal house with extensive decorative and tableware collections; competes in the same ultra-premium gift and decorative segment and anchors pricing expectations at the top of the category.
• Lalique: French luxury crystal and decorative glassmaker with strong brand equity in collectible gift and decorative crystal, addressing a similar high-end customer even if broader in lifestyle positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/nybrocrystal

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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