Bohemia Crystal Pty, Ltd.

Bohemia Crystal Pty Limited represents Jihlava Glassworks and Bohemia Crystalex, who own the glass factories - Svetla and Crystalex. These factories are exporters of fine products from the glassmakers of the Czech and Slovak Republics. Bohemia Crystal services not only the Australian market but also New Zealand, South East Asia and the South Pacific Islands from our headquarters in Sydney Australia. Bohemia Crystal is proud of the fact that they sell the finest quality crystal and glassware on the Australian Market Before 1939 there was little importation of Czechoslovakian (now Czech and Slovak Republics), glass and crystal into the Australian Market. During the period of the war (1939 - 1945), no goods were imported into Australia, other than the necessities and there were great shortages of most commodities. Immediately after the war, a Bohemia Crystal Factory at Havlickuv Brod contacted the Australian Chamber of Commerce to find an agent in Australia with knowledge of crystal and glass products and in 1946 an agent was appointed for Bohemia Crystal product in Australia. In 1948 all the individual factories throughout Czechoslovakia joined together to form one multinational organisation. This company was named Glassexport Co. Limited. From 1949 onwards, the Australian agent visited Czechoslovakia each year to co-ordinate production programs and to source and improve ranges and designs with each factory to suit the needs of the Australian market. In November 1975, Bohemia Crystal Pty Limited Australia, began with a main office in Double Bay, distributing goods from a warehouse in Alexandria. As the existing agent already imported certain ranges directly, it was decided that they would still import direct from the Czech Republic dealing through Bohemia Crystal Pty Limited. In 1989 the first Bohemia Crystal retail shop in the world, opened its doors in Pitt Street, Sydney. This shop was a prestigious outlet allowing Bohemia Crystal Pty Limited to display all our product lines. After many years of success, the Bohemia Crystal Shop closed it doors in 1998. With many changes in management and the current climate in the Czech economy, Bohemia crystal was on the move again into a larger office and warehouse complex located in Marrickville, Sydney. November 1995 saw Bohemia Crystal Pty Limited officially open the new premises at Marrickville, which coincided with our 20th Anniversary of business in Australia. Since then the company has continued to grow and has opened a number of franchise stores within "Harris Scarfe" Department Stores and is also opening Factory Outlet stores, the first of which is at Birkenhead Point shopping centre in Drummoyne.