Glassmaker La Rochère’s gameplan for luxury as it celebrates 550th birthday
Thanks to its new production line installed at the beginning of 2025, pressed glass specialist La Rochère now manufactures caps for fragrances and spirits bottles. France’s oldest glassmaker is aiming to increase its footprint in luxury, which currently accounts for 5% of its business.
La Rochère has one furnace (soda-lime glass), with a daily capacity of 33 tonnes of molten glass, and five machines: two for tableware, one for luxury goods, glass blocks and tiles. The glassmaker also operates a 500kg furnace for the blown glass workshop, which processes lead-free crystal. Both furnaces are electric.
La Rochère’s previous projects in the luxury sector include a photophore for the Céline fashion house and a spirits stopper for the Courvoisier cognac brand; the latter was made using existing equipment because it weighed more than 100 grams.
