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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 96063, member: 44&quot;]Terry found 1959 as the Vicasa. Here is the dates I found for Duralex. Duralex was patented in 1945 and commercially popular in the 1950s-1960s. With 1959 for Vicasa:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>English:</p><p>&quot;Duralex in Spain</p><p>This brand of tempered glass tableware, patented by Saint-Gobain in 1945, met a huge commercial success in the decades of 1950 to 1960, both in France and abroad. Spain has been one of his favorite areas, from the establishment in 1959 of the Vidriería Castilla SA (Vicasa, which currently is Verallia). Vicasa will drive assembly factories bottles and cans of Spanish Group glassware, historical Saint-Gobain subsidiary in Spain.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Spanish:</p><p>&quot;Duralex en España</p><p>Esta marca de vajilla de vidrio templado, patentada por Saint-Gobain en 1945, conoció un gran éxito comercial en las décadas de 1950-60, tanto en Francia como en el extranjero. España ha sido una de sus zonas predilectas, a partir de la constitución, en 1959, de la Vidriería de Castilla S.A. (Vicasa, que en la actualidad es Verallia). Vicasa será el motor del conjunto de las fábricas de botellas y de botes del Grupo Cristalería Española, filial histórica de Saint-Gobain en España.&quot;</p><p><a href="http://www.saint-gobain350aniversario.com/#!/es/saint-gobain-en-el-mundo/delegation-generale-espagne-portugal-maroc-algerie-et-tunisie/duralex-en-espana" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.saint-gobain350aniversario.com/#!/es/saint-gobain-en-el-mundo/delegation-generale-espagne-portugal-maroc-algerie-et-tunisie/duralex-en-espana" rel="nofollow">http://www.saint-gobain350aniversario.com/#!/es/saint-gobain-en-el-mundo/delegation-generale-espagne-portugal-maroc-algerie-et-tunisie/duralex-en-espana</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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