In 400 years, Heinz-Glas, one of the world's biggest producers of glass perfume bottles, has seen off many crises—including the two World Wars and the oil shock of the 1970s in the last century alone
Quality controller Michaela Trebes inspects flacons on an assembly line at the German glass producer Heinz-Glas Group in Kleintettau, south Germany on August 3, 2022. Over 400 years, Heinz-Glas, one of the world's biggest producers of glass perfume bottles, has seen off crises from the plague to world wars. But Germany's current energy emergency strikes at the heart of its very existence. Image: Ronny Hartmann / AFP