{"id":1124,"date":"2022-10-05T14:58:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T14:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contour-glas.nl\/about-contour\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T14:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T14:33:35","slug":"about-contour","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/contour-glas.nl\/en\/about-contour\/","title":{"rendered":"About Contour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\t\tAbout Contour\t<\/h1>\n\t<p>A more recent version of <strong>this page<\/strong> is available on our new English website, created for our international audience.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/contourprecisionglass.com\/about-contour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit Contour Precision Glass(opens in new tab)<\/a>\n\t<p>Contour was founded in 1992 by ir Henk Verhoeven.<\/p>\n<p>After studying Industrial Design in Delft, he started manufacturing design products from glass. Together with several fellow designers, products were developed and produced in-house in Rijen in Brabant.<\/p>\n<p>The bending of complex glass shapes in combination with tempering increasingly developed into a specialisation that was also needed by other companies. More and more glass products and glass components were supplied to industries such as lighting, furniture, machine construction, automotive and arts and crafts.<\/p>\n<p>After more than a quarter of a century, the company moved to Breda and started working differently. Now more focused on smaller dimensions and mainly as a supplier to industry and craft and with a focus on the speciality of <a href=\"https:\/\/contour-glas.nl\/en\/curved-safety-glass\/\">bent tempered glass<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What has not changed is the high attention to detail and quality.<\/p>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contour-glas.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Henk-270x300.png\" alt=\"Henk Verhoeven - glasexpert\" height=\"300\" width=\"270\" title=\"Henk\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/contour-glas.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0008-1024x768.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-fancybox=\"images\" \n\t\t\ttitle=\"opline glas\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-caption=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"\" \n\t\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contour-glas.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0008-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Opaline gebogen glas\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- Overlay Wrapper -->\n\t\t\t <!-- Overlay Wrapper Closed -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"225\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/contour-glas.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Portfolio-Contour-White.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-fancybox=\"images\" \n\t\t\ttitle=\"Portfolio Contour White glas gebogen\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-caption=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"\" \n\t\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contour-glas.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Portfolio-Contour-White-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Gebogen glas wit\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- Overlay Wrapper -->\n\t\t\t <!-- Overlay Wrapper Closed -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/contour-glas.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_2669-1-1024x1015.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-fancybox=\"images\" \n\t\t\ttitle=\"gebogen glas schaal\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-caption=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"\" \n\t\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contour-glas.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_2669-1-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"gebogen glas schaal\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" itemprop=\"thumbnail\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" \/>\n\t\t\t<!-- Overlay Wrapper -->\n\t\t\t <!-- Overlay Wrapper Closed -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"297\" \/>\n\t\t<h3>CAN WE HELP YOU TO CREATE SPECIAL GLASS?<\/h3>\n\t\t<p>Feel free to contact us<\/p>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/contour-glas.nl\/en\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_self\">CONTACT<\/a>\t\n<p>CONTACT<\/p>\n<p>Contour-Glasbuigerij<\/p>\n<p>Hazepad 8A-15<\/p>\n<p>4825 AV\u00a0 Breda<\/p>\n<p>Nederland<\/p>\n<p>Tel. 06-34112141<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:info@contour-glas.nl\">info@contour-glas.nl<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/contour-glas.nl\/?lang=en\">contour-glas.nl<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tMENU\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/contour-glas.nl\/gebogen-glas\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\tCONTOUR GLASS BENDING\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Producing glass parts for lighting industry, machine and equipment construction, interior design and manufacturers of other consumer products, among others.<\/p>\n<p>To customer specification and using a wide range of glass processing techniques.<\/p>\n<p>That is our core activity.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Contour A more recent version of this page is available on our new English website, created for our international audience. 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