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Shaping the networked future with glass

SCHOTT “Jenaer Glass” Meets Bauhaus Design

Never fear! #WEGOTGLASS

No matter what is lurking around the corner, we have the right specialty glass for you. When life finds you in the most challenging of situations, our heroes come with skill and creativity.

Red hot sizzling design

Blaze King Industries talks hearth trends and shares how they are using SCHOTT ROBAX® to expands its line of gas-fired stoves and fireplaces.

Giant leap for mankind

When 50 years ago, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon, optical glasses from SCHOTT helped capture this event in impressive images.

AR: This is how the light guide technology works

The light guide technology envisions even deeper immersion in #AR & #MR devices – discover how it works.

Intuitive functionality

Whether it is mornings or evenings, light is more than merely brightness; it helps in setting our moods.

Deciphering proteins in detail

Crank up the heat. Let´s get grilling.

A backyard barbecue is a time-honored tradition, but little has changed in the world of grill design to keep pace with today’s outdoor living and entertainment spaces. Discover how NEXTREMA® glass-ceramic unlocks new design possibilities for barbecue grills.

A window into distant galaxies

Astronomers are constantly looking for ways to obtain deeper insights of outer space so that they can further explore the universe. Technology such as the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) must be able to capture as much light as possible before transferring it onto scientific instruments.

The right chemistry

Acids and alkalis cause most substances to go up in smoke. But not specialty glass: Even after six hours in boiling hydrochloric acid, it is virtually undamaged. This makes it an indispensable material for chemical applications with highly reactive substances.

Stories

Smarter than ever

Glass is intelligent. Glass can be the future. Think of the material as a versatile facilitator which can deliver a robust, flexible foundation for the next “big thing” in terms of where connectivity meets health. But what is intelligent glass actually good for?

The right chemistry

Acids and alkalis cause most substances to go up in smoke. But not specialty glass: Even after six hours in boiling hydrochloric acid, it is virtually undamaged. This makes it an indispensable material for chemical applications with highly reactive substances.

Hidden Champions

When fighting cancer, the promise of a pharmaceutical drug being packaged in its proper type of glass is often overlooked. Even the best possible drug could not be stored, transported, or even administered without the right packaging. No one should have to worry about their own treatment.

Experts

Swinging with glass

Creative researchers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have developed a glass swing using glass rods as the construction material.

Learning from the future

How companies are able to overcome economic and social upheaval to actively shape the future.

Designing wood stoves for a cleaner future

We caught up with Guillaume Thibodeau-Fortin to get the story on their design.

Solutions

Creating sensors of the future – with structured glass

LiDAR glass for the mass market

This is how tomorrow’s AR glasses work

News

The future of glass is digital

Big data and artificial intelligence: how glass production is becoming “smart”

Environmentalist

The Aduro Hybrid wood-burning stove has been awarded the European Business Award for the Environment 2018 – and comes with three ROBAX® glass-ceramic fire-viewing panels.

“Masterpiece” delivered

SCHOTT manufactured an extremely curved secondary mirror substrate made of ZERODUR® glass-ceramic in Mainz, Germany, for the ESO´s Extremely Large Telescope

Vision

Glass makes you mobile

Technologists outline our future in dazzling colors: we will let ourselves be driven by autonomous vehicles, our refrigerators will order milk and our factories will be able to independently order supplies for the production process.

Alfredo Häberli’s Future Kitchen

The Living Kitchen 2019 featured a future kitchen exhibition.

Award for innovative lighting concept

Stories

Experts

Solutions

Vision

News

Opportunity Lab

Shaping the networked future with glass

SCHOTT “Jenaer Glass” Meets Bauhaus Design

Never fear! #WEGOTGLASS

Red hot sizzling design

Giant leap for mankind

AR: This is how the light guide technology works

Intuitive functionality

Deciphering proteins in detail

Crank up the heat. Let´s get grilling.

A window into distant galaxies

The right chemistry

Smarter than ever

The right chemistry

Hidden Champions

Swinging with glass

Learning from the future

Designing wood stoves for a cleaner future

Creating sensors of the future – with structured glass

LiDAR glass for the mass market

This is how tomorrow’s AR glasses work

The future of glass is digital

Environmentalist

“Masterpiece” delivered

Glass makes you mobile

Alfredo Häberli’s Future Kitchen

Award for innovative lighting concept