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- Sales: 2.233 billion euros (+ 19 %) - EBIT: 193 mill. euros (+ 34 %) - Investment spending of 313 mill. euros reaches record level SCHOTT AG, based in Mainz, Germany, continues on its growth path.

Photovoltaic panels produced by the new joint venture company AVANCIS will use an innovative film coating and glass processing technology.

The objective of solar control measures Increased user convenience and lower energy consumption are among the main demands placed on modern building design.

The Mainz-based technology company SCHOTT AG put its new melting tank for large format TFT-LCD (Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display) glass substrates into operation today at its site in Jena, Germany.

Saint-Gobain Vitrage, Saint-Gobain’s Flat Glass Sector, and Shell (Shell Erneuerbare Energien GmbH) announce the foundation of a 50/50 joint-venture for the production and sale of next generation photovoltaic panels.

Receivers represent a key component of solar thermal parabolic trough power plants that are capable of converting solar energy into heat and then using this to generate electricity. “Parabolic trough power plants offer enormous potential for meeting…

Glass tube heat exchangers from Flucorrex AG in Switzerland allow for efficient use of energy in malt houses.

The market for solar thermal power plants is only now beginning to offer one of the most important energy supply options for the future.

The Braunschweig Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) awards a prize for the "Adherent antireflection coatings on borosilicate glass for solar collectors" project - Technology transfer prize awarded to scientists of the Technical…

Thanks to an innovative high-tech product called PowerKontakt, it is now possible to supply external power-consuming devices, such as halogen sports or door knobs, with power without any disturbing wires.

The international technology company SCHOTT is seeking to intensify its contact to both customers and partners and has now developed a new customer magazine for this reason.

Glasses from SCHOTT create a unique relief consisting of colors and shapes at Novartis’ new office building in Basel.

Glasses from SCHOTT create a unique relief consisting of colors and shapes at Novartis’ new office building in Basel.

Second, the California company XsunX Inc. has begun the build-out of its new facility in Golden. Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based XsunX is developing Power Glass, a technology that will allow glass windows to produce electricity from solar power.

In a major move into the solar-cell and other equipment markets, Applied Materials Inc. on Thursday (May 4) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Applied Films Corp. for $464 million in cash.

The main limitation of solar power right now is cost, because the crystalline silicon used to make most solar photovoltaic (PV) cells is very expensive.

Schott, the international technology group, continues to achieve growth. The company’s Management Board projects a double-digit increase in both sales and profitability for the current fiscal year 2005/2006.

On February 11, 2006, the ground-breaking ceremony for the "Nevada Solar One" solar power plant took place in Boulder City, Nevada.

Touch panels for navigation systems in cars are factory-built into cars and must fulfil rigid requirements. Schott Spezialglas AG's thin borosilicate glass is claimed to be much harder wearing and higher quality than the plastic foil still used…

A leading Japanese Solar corporation has announced that they are introducing two types of new lighting systems that integrate solar cells and high-intensity, energy efficient, long-lasting and mercury-free LEDs (light emitting diodes).

Saint-Gobain SA said it has formed a partnership with Royal Dutch Shell PLC to develop a new technology of solar panels consisting of thin films of copper indium selenide (CIS) on glass, instead of traditional silicon wafers.

The renowned California Academy of Science, the fourth largest Natural History Museum in the United States and home to the Steinhart Aquarium and Morrison Planetarium will soon also be the home to the largest photovoltaic (PV), solar energy glass…

Bold use of color dominated the entries in this year’s seventh annual 2005 Solutia International Design Awards, which honor excellence in designing with laminated glass.

XsunX, Inc., developer of Power Glass(tm) -- an innovative solar technology that allows glass windows to produce electricity from the power of the sun, announced today that as part of its Phase III development plan the Company has begun the design…

SCHOTT has established itself for more than 25 years as a fire-rated glazing specialist across Europe and Asia and now has entered the American markets with the introduction of two new glass-ceramic product lines, PYRAN® Crystal and PYRAN® Star --…