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Effective July 1, 2016, Dr. Jens Schulte (44) will serve as the new CFO of SCHOTT AG. He will be responsible for the areas of Finance, Information Technology and Purchasing. Dr.
The impressive performance of the latest architectural glass products is often down to extremely thin surface coatings, normally made up of many different layers, each around 1,000 times thinner than a human hair.
Kihei Surfside Resort is an oceanfront property, nestled between Kihei’s small boat harbor and just steps from Wailea’s first beach, Keawakapu.
Low-cost coating would disrupt the building retrofit market and potentially save billions in electricity.
Glassiled is AGC’s glass product featuring embedded Light-emitting diodes (monochrome or RGB(1)) powered by a transparent conductive coating.
Collaboration sets stage to commercializing transparent electricity-generating coatings, turning buildings into “power generators”
1891 was a year of invention and discovery. The Wrigley Company launched what would become a gum empire, Thomas Edison patented the motion picture camera, James Naismith thought up basketball, and the escalator was invented.
Fenestration products from Doncaster based Senior Architectural Systems, have been installed at a prestigious regeneration project for Cheshire West and Chester Council.
From streaming of breathtaking sports events to high-tech material research: without borosilicate glass to protect cameras or for use in neutron conductors, such modern applications would not be possible.
The next big thing is rarely that. More often it’s a collection of next little things. Let me put it another way: Often, what elevates a must-have gadget or life-changing technology into the next big thing is the components that make it possible.
UBC’s Kenneth Chau holds a glass sample used in his latest research, which proved that putting thin layers of metal over glass increases light transmission. Imagine if the picture window in your living room could double as a giant thermostat or…
The funny thing about good design is it’s easy to miss. The best designs simultaneously add more than the sum of their parts and fade into their surroundings.
The restoration glasses TIKANA®, RESTOVER® and GOETHEGLAS will be focused by the technology group SCHOTT at its premiere at Monumento, the trade fair on monument preservation, to be held in Salzburg, Austria, from January 28 - 30, 2016 (Hall 10,…
Abrisa Technologies carries a diverse inventory of thin and ultra-thin glass which can be CNC machined, fabricated, screen printed, strengthened and thin film coated. Glass stocked ranges in thicknesses from 1.1mm down to 0.1mm.
Series of Oleophobic and Hydrophobic Anti-reflection Coatings are Ideal for “Tough” Environments
Successfully assessed for the ranges E 30 to E 90 and EI 30 to EI 60 - SCHOTT’s fire-resistance glass products PYRAN® S and PYRANOVA® received UK approval for use in the timber doors of six major door blank manufacturers.
The NSG Group will exhibit a range of high performance glass products at the Integrated Systems Europe Show in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on February 9-12, 2016. Integrated Systems Europe is the world’s best-attended tradeshow dedicated to…
Prof. Volker Rupertus honored for his many years of active involvement in the International Commission on Glass The International Commission on Glass (ICG) has presented its prestigious Turner Award to SCHOTT researcher Prof.
Flexible but very strong micrometer thin glass is taking-off as a key component in cellphones, wearables, and IoT sensors Glass thinner than a human hair but strong and flexible is now being used in a wide variety of high-tech applications.
In order for it not to crack or melt when exposed to the high temperatures generated by a naked flame, only fire resistant glass is suitable for certain applications.
Dichroic filters as well as hot and cold mirrors rely on the combination of BOROFLOAT®’s product characteristics High quality functional coatings enable a large variety of customized light management design options – especially when based on a…
Nature’s color wheel is a thing of beauty – the deep ocean blues, vibrant rose reds, deep lilac purples, fiery sunset oranges, and lush grass greens all around us are truly perfect. But recreating those vibrant colors is far from easy.
It’s thinner than human hair, as flexible as paper, and extremely tough. It’s a material on which engineers are building the future of smart devices.
Have you ever wondered how the glass screen is made on your iPad or smartphone? One way in which these very thin glass sheets are made is using a redraw process. Here, a glass block is fed into a furnace where it melts and is stretched and drawn…