Silvio Denz addresses the long-term future of Lalique Group

“When I acquired Lalique in 2008, the Maison was in difficulty. Since then I have devoted considerable resources, time and passion to it, with our management and their teams: to the manufacture in Wingen-sur-Moder, to our teams in Paris and Zurich, to the collections and the boutiques. Around Lalique, we have built a group: Lalique Beauty with its own brands and licences, our fragrance site of Lalique Beauty Services in Ury and our hotels and restaurants in Alsace, in Bordeaux, in Scotland and in Zurich. Together we have made Lalique one of the great French maisons again, and each of the Group’s businesses has its own teams, its own know-how and its own future.

Having recently celebrated my seventieth birthday, I feel a deep responsibility for the long-term future of all of this. It is only natural that I address the question of succession now, for each of the businesses of the Group, while I am in good health, in the interest of our employees, our sites and the heritage we carry. To do otherwise would be irresponsible.

The Group regularly receives expressions of interest from potential investors. We consider each of them carefully, guided by one principle: that the long-term future of each business and its employees is safeguarded, and that its heritage endures. No decision has been taken. Should a project take shape for any of our businesses, its employees and their representatives will be the first to know.

In the meantime, nothing changes. Our teams continue their work, our customers and partners are served as before, and the Lalique name remains where it belongs: with the crystal works in Wingen-sur-Moder, where Lalique has been made since 1922.”

Lalique Group will not comment further at this stage.