(FILES) A worker controls a glass at the end of a production line at the factory of French manufacturer of glassware Duralex in La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin near Orleans, centre France, on July 31, 2024. The three bidders who have submitted bids to take over the Duralex glassworks are two French entrepreneurs and a Hong Kong-based company, AFP learnt on August 7, 2026 from corroborating sources. (Photo by GUILLAUME SOUVANT / AFP via Getty Images)