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    • Pure Glass Ceramic
    • Networks for the Future
    • Power Plants of a New Dimension
    • Solar Receivers from Spain
    • Clear View of the Game
    • Subtle Flight Attendant
    • Outsmarting Mother Nature
    • ”Astronomy enriches our everyday life”
    • Brighter Days for the Kitchen
    • A Surprise to the Scientific World
    • Solar Power Helps Africa
    • High-End with ”TopLine”
    • Seals for Gas made from Glass
    • Global Journey to Stone Treasures
    • Transparent Anonymity
    • Short reports
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Overview of the contents of solutions no. 2/2008

Cooktop Panels Pure Glass Ceramic SCHOTT produces the world’s first and only cooktop panels without utilizing the toxic heavy metals arsenic and antimony. [more]

Research and Development Networks for the Future Modern researchers do more than just laboratory work. They are both global networkers and project managers. This is how research at SCHOTT cultivates promising future business fields to secure its competitiveness. [more]

Solar Energy Power Plants of a New Dimension The first of three AndaSol power plants has now gone live in the south of Spain. SCHOTT provided the receivers. [more]

Concentrated Solar Power Solar Receiver from Spain SCHOTT puts the new receiver plant in Aznalcóllar into operation. A study shows high customer satisfaction. [more]

Architecture Clear View of the Game Amiran® panels serve as transparent ”safety rails” at the University of Tennessee’s Thompson-Boling Arena and offer a much clearer view of the court. [more]

Aviation Subtle Flight Attendant The demand for more comfortable interior designs is growing all over the world, especially inside long distance airplanes. A fictitious flight illustrates the developments that passengers can soon look forward to – thanks to components from SCHOTT. [more]

Fokus SCHOTT and Aviation Every passenger flying inside an Airbus or Boeing comes into contact with products from  schott, either directly or indirectly: innovative lighting solutions offer attractive design and pleasant light conditions, optoelectronic components and glass-to-metal connections higher safety. [more]

Materials Outsmarting Mother Nature For four decades, Zerodur® glass ceramic has been offering the highest possible precision. [more]

Interview ”Astronomy enriches our everyday life” Tim de Zeeuw, General Director of the European Southern Observatory, on the universe and what we can learn from it. [more]

Kitchen Design Brighter Days for the Kitchen Metallic effects and a new design line for household appliances now allow the kitchen to shine. [more]

Material Science A Surprise to the Scientific World Material researchers have long believed that ceramics are not suited for use as laser light sources. This year’s Otto SCHOTT Research Award winner, Dr. Akio Ikesue, proved them all wrong. [more]

Photovoltaik Solar Power Helps Africa Pilot project with SCHOTT Solar secures energy supply for a hospital ward in Senegal [more]

Phamaceutical Packaging High-End with ”TopLine” The pharmaceutical industry is increasingly turning to customized solutions in the area of primary pharmaceutical packaging. The ”TopLine” products meet even the highest demands for quality. [more]

Electronic Packaging Seals for Gas made from Glass Glass-to-metal feedthroughs from SCHOTT Electronic Packaging seal off the pumps of liquefied gas tankers. [more]

Crystals Global Journey to Stone Treasures 5,000 rare minerals make ”terra mineralia” one of the largest and most significant exhibitions of its kind. [more]

Interior Design Transparent Anonymity The Spanish architect Eduardo Arroyo uses glass tubing from SCHOTT for interior design. [more]

Short stories Additional articles from the world of SCHOTT Among the rest, about the light cover from ”Opalika” in the Liebieghaus Frankfurt, an honour of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a new work in Suzhou in the Chinese province of Jiangsu. [more]