History

History

The first Pieskovec tiles were made in domestic conditions in 1981 during the construction of a family house and the requirement for a non-standard tiles of the plinth part. Since then, the technology has improved and until 1989 the tiles were made for non-commercial purposes. In the following year, 1990, the company VASPO was established, the building of the company starts, as well as the production on a larger scale and further improvement of the technology used.

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Rapid rise

A huge technical/economic/production boom was experienced at that time. Orders, invoicing, phone calls, wages, operation at 3 locations, which is why so many kilometres a day were driven, trainings in Word, Excel, Sunsoft software, internet, website, purchase of new packaging machines, pallet trucks, forklift. The tiles were sold in packages as more expensive or cheaper in bulk. the trucks were loaded on Saturdays, often on Sundays.

Rapid rise

Expansion of the product range

The Sandstone versions 2 and 3 and Slate standard and Stripes tiles were added. They were distributed throughout the former Czechoslovakia by a forwarding company.

Expansion of the product range

New premises

In 1993, the land in “Starý Majer” was bought which was slowly reconstructed. This year, Czechoslovakia was divided and imports to our neighbours became complicated. The truck had to be escorted in person through the national customs. Sometimes it took half a day to process the papers.  

New premises

Old metal hangar

The premises of the metal hangar were used for production, packaging, and storage of packed cladding products.

Old metal hangar
Background stone cladding with wood pattern