Glassware material verification for Czechia
LIFA tested substituted glassware for a Czech buyer, coordinated a claim and replacement production using the specified lead-free crystal.
- The buyer
- A Prague, Czechia importer of premium glassware for hospitality.
- The product scope
- Crystal glassware; wine glasses and decanters, 12 SKUs.
What needed to change?
Glasses lacked the ring and brilliance of crystal; composition testing showed soda-lime glass, not the specified lead-free crystal (K2O content below spec).
How LIFA managed the work
We ran composition testing on 15 samples.
We documented the substitution against the contract specification.
We negotiated a claim and re-production with the factory.
We qualified 2 glassworks with certified composition records.
Claim settled; re-production delivered true lead-free crystal; hospitality clients re-ordered; the range's premium price point held.
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What this project shows
Appearance alone could not confirm composition. Testing against the purchase specification supported both the claim and the replacement-factory decision.
Client identities, supplier contacts and confidential commercial terms are withheld from this public company record.
