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Westcountry Glass, part of the Cornwall Glass Group, has made its largest investment in 37 years of trading.
The motto of Bystronic glass at Fensterbau / Frontale 2016 in Nuremberg is “Take it easy in the field of window manufacture”.
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.
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,…
The UK’s largest glass processor GLASSOLUTIONS is creating 12 new jobs at its Dudley factory as part of a major investment programme designed to increase capacity and improve manufacturing efficiency.
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.
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.
It is only recently that 70 TPedge photovoltaic modules have adorned the external façade of Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) laboratory in Freiburg (Germany).
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…
Recently introduced MIROGARD® products at the center of attention - The specialty glass expert SCHOTT will be presenting its range of products for use by museums, art galleries and exhibitions at Exponatec in Cologne, Germany, from November 18 – 20…
As we move into November I am delighted to report the factory move is going to timescale and so far without any significant disruption to service.
With SCHOTT Cartridges BR, expensive or toxic drugs can be processed, transported, and administered safely – even in rough environments SCHOTT has developed a chemically strengthened glass cartridge that is up to three times more resistant to…
Nobel Prize in Physics for neutrino research / SCHOTT supplied the glass components for the Canadian neutrino telescope Elementary particles called neutrinos can actually transform themselves and have mass.
Glass-ceramic materials and glass tubing showcase wide range of traditional and new applications - Never again will you think of a glass-ceramic panel or glass tube as a simple component.
SCHOTT products provide preventive protection for museums and art exhibitions - The product portfolio of the international technology group SCHOTT includes various safety glasses for comprehensive protection of museums, exhibition halls and all…
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The Supervisory Board of SCHOTT AG has decided to appoint Hermann Ditz, Head of the Electronic Packaging Business Unit, and Dr.