About Lixon

Located in Charleroi ( Belgium – Europe ), 40 km away from Brussels , LIXON SPRL, is the Belgian manufacturer of industrial glass cutting equipment for flat glass and automotive glass industry.Established since 1900, LIXON is a worldwide specialist in the production ofTungsten Carbide and Diamond cutting wheels, with several qualities for each kind of glass.

History

The origins of Lixon date back to 1900 and since then, 5 generations of Lixonhave kept the company alive and taken care of its development. All over the world, whenever they talk about glass cutting wheels the name of Lixon comes up.
On one of his visit to China, Jean-Pol Lixon was pleasantly surprised, upon presenting his visiting card to a manufacturer of diamond-tipped products in Shanghai, to be told that they knew the name of Lixon very well and that they considered it to be amongst the very best.

Charleroi is one of the birthplaces of the glass industry and it is no surprise to find that Glaverbel stems from this region, which due to the success of its industry was known as « Wallifornia » some 100 years ago. It was at Charleroi that M. Fourcault invented his process for glass drawing and thus the glass industry was born, taking over from the glass blowing.

Uncle Pierre Lixon took the first steps in the progression of the LIXONCompany when developing cutting systems using natural diamonds.

It was Lucien Lixon, who then manufactured the first steel glass cutting wheels, just after the Americans, who introduced cutting methods using a rotating mechanical part and no longer using a diamond scriber.

In 1956, Raymond Lixon first started to manufacture carbide glass cuttting wheels with the famous carbide of tungsten invented by Widia Krupp in Germany.

In 1992, Jean-Pol Lixon with a team of researchers then perfected the diamond glass cutting wheels that had already been developed in Japan.

In 2003, at the sudden death of Mister Jean-Pol Lixon, his two DaughtersVanessa and Cédrine Lixon, took over the company and are now running the business.

Currently Lixon is proud to be on a part with the very best in the trade and is looking forward together with his long-standing clients and friends to once again participating in new technological adventures at the beginning of the third millenium.