 In 1872 the "Sablières et Carrières Réunies" (SCR), now Sibelco, was founded to extract the silica sand layers in Mol for industrial applications (glass).In 1920 the glass bottle manufacture "Beles Réunios" was set up in Mol-Donk.In 1921 a group of Belgian banks, the "Mutuelle Mobilière & Immobilière", the Société Générale de Belgique, the "Banque de Bruxelles" and the "Financière de Transport" together with the American group Libbey-Owens founded the "Cie Internationale pour la fabrication mécanique de Verre" in Mol Gompel.