SCHOTT DAP produces armor systems primarily used in defense applications for protection against blasts and projectiles. The company will continue to develop and manufacture transparent and opaque armor systems for personal, structural, and vehicular protection.

Glass-ceramic armor produced by SCHOTT DAP offers several unique benefits including a significant reduction in weight for vehicular armor. Additionally, the product offers UV filtering and a resistance to thermal cycling. Products produced by the company will be complete “ready to install” systems for each unique vehicle type.

“SCHOTT DAP is well positioned to become a market-leader in glass-ceramic armor systems,” said Scott Custer, the newly appointed President and CEO of SCHOTT DAP. “By combining SCHOTT’s extensive knowledge in the field of glass-ceramics with the capabilities of DAP, the company will produce innovative armor solutions that make soldiers safer.”

The acquisition of DAP marks SCHOTT’s continued emphasis in the defense and security industries. The company, which has been active in the market for 40 years, recently consolidated business development and marketing efforts for the defense and security industry into an office in Crystal City (Arlington), VA. In addition to armor systems, SCHOTT also produces advanced optics, fiber optics, and electronic packaging for use in defense and security applications.

About SCHOTT

SCHOTT is a technology-driven, international group that sees its core purpose as the lasting improvement of living and working conditions through special materials and high-tech solutions. Its main areas of focus are the household appliance industry, pharmaceutical packaging, optics and opto-electronics, information technology, consumer electronics, lighting, automotive engineering, solar energy, and defense.

SCHOTT has a presence in close proximity to its customers through highly efficient production and sales companies in all of its major markets. The company has approximately 17,000 employees producing worldwide sales of approximately $3 billion. In North America, SCHOTT’s holding company SCHOTT Corporation and its operating subsidiary SCHOTT North America, Inc. and their affiliates employ about 2,500 people in 13 production operations with 4 sales offices.

The company’s technological and economic expertise is closely linked with its social and ecological responsibilities.