1884
Otto Schott develops new optical glasses and provides the scientific basis for developing specialized glasses.
1884
Glass tubing for thermometer and water gauge glasses.
1887 / 1893
Invention of chemically resistant borosilicate glass that is able to withstand high temperatures and immediate shifts in temperature.
1894
Casting of large scale optical disks up to 140 cm in diameter for astronomical telescopes.
1895
Extremely durable cylinders made of borosilicate glass help the Auer incandescent lighting achieve its breakthrough.
1908
Glass tubing for pharmaceutical ampoules, which are distributed under the brand name FIOLAX® starting in 1911.
1911
SCHOTT becomes the world’s first specialized glass manufacturer to adopt continuous melting in tanks.
1914
Processed flat glasses for the household appliance industry.
1918
Market launch of heat resistant household glasses that are marketed under the brand name JENAer GLAS® as of 1921.
1923
Automated and continuous drawing of glass tubing based on the Danner process.
1923
Pharmaceutical ampoules, initially manufactured by hand, are manufactured by machine starting in 1928.
1930
Automated and continuous drawing of flat glass based on the Fourcault process.
1935
Manual production of television bulbs.
1938
Development of the first coating techniques.
1939
Glass-to-metal seals for electrotechnology.
1950 DURAN® laboratory glass becomes the new universal glass for the chemistry laboratory.
1955
Fully automated production of television glass components and hollow glass.
1957
Optical glasses from Mainz and Jena are put to use in both American and Soviet aerospace applications.
1964
Fiber optic components for light and image guides. The main application fields are medical technology and lighting technology.
1968 ZERODUR® glass-ceramic introduces a new era of telescope mirror substrates for astronomy.
1969
Optical glasses from SCHOTT in television and photo cameras deliver spectacular photos and television images of "Apollo 11", when Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin become the first human beings to walk on the moon.
1969
Market launch of glass-to-metal seals for automotive applications.
1973 SCHOTT CERAN® glass-ceramic cooking surfaces make their way into kitchens worldwide.
1973
Light weight eyeglass lenses result in improvements for eyeglass wearers.
1978
Market launch of the fire resistant glass PYRAN®.
1979
The first dust removal system is put into operation on a glass melting tank. In the years that follow, SCHOTT sets standards in environmental protection.
1979 ROBAX® transparent glass-ceramic for window panels in stoves and fireplaces.
1983
Glass tubing for solar thermal power plants based on parabolic trough technology.
1985
Anti-reflective AMIRAN® glass for glazing shop display windows, for example.
1986
Electronic packaging components for aviation technology.
1989
Expansion of expertise in processing flat glasses for the household appliance industry by founding joint ventures with the float glass manufacturers Glaverbel (Belgium) and Gemtron (U.S.A.).
1991 / 1996
Manufacturing of ZERODUR® telescope mirror substrates with a diameter of 8.2 meters for the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, using the centrifugal casting process.
1993
Thin glasses with thicknesses that start at only 0.03 mm help advance flat display technology.
1994
Serial manufacturing of borosilicate glasses for a wide variety of applications using the microfloat process.
1996
Internally coated SCHOTT Type I plus® pharmaceutical vials.
1998
Calcium fluoride crystals for use in manufacturing chips.
2001
Entry into photovoltaics. The roots and technological expertise SCHOTT Solar has in the field of photovotaics go back to the year 1958.
2002 SCHOTT CERAN® glass-ceramic cooking surfaces produced without the heavy metals arsenic and antimony.
2002
Serial manufacturing of prefillable polymer syringes.
2004
Backlighting glass tubes, used for background illumination of displays.
2005
Market launch of solar receivers for solar thermal power plants based on parabolic trough technology.
2007
Floated glass-ceramic
2008
Nomination of the solar receiver as one of three very important innovations for the German Future Prize by Germany’s Federal President Horst Köhler.
2010
Winner of the German Innovation Award.
For its innovations in the areas of product development, manufacturing and marketing of the brand SCHOTT CERAN®, SCHOTT was awarded the German Innovation Award. 2010 in the Large Enterprises category.
Otto Schott
Ernst Abbe
1884
Otto Schott, Ernst Abbe and Carl and Roderich Zeiss found the Schott & Associates Glass Technology Laboratory in Jena, Germany.
1889 Ernst Abbe founds the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung (Carl Zeiss Foundation).
1891 / 1919
The glassworks in Jena become a foundation-owned enterprise. Its sole owner is the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung.
1927 / 1930
The first subsidiaries: Farbenglaswerke Zwiesel und Pirna (1927), Deutsche Spiegelglas AG (DESAG) in Grünenplan (1930), Glaswerk Mitterteich (1930).
1945
1945
"The Odyssey of 41 Glassmakers": After the end of World War ll, American troops bring the management and selected experts from Jena to West Germany.
1948
The original factory in Jena (Soviet zone of occupation / GDR as of 1949) is expropriated and converted into a state-owned company (VEB).
Erich Schott
1952
The foundation company is rebuilt in Mainz (Federal Republic of Germany) under the direction of Erich Schott, the son of the company’s founder. Mainz becomes the headquarters and main production site of the SCHOTT Group.
1989
The Otto Schott Research Center in Mainz is put into operation.
1991 / 1995
With the reunification of Germany, SCHOTT in Mainz takes over the ownership of the old main plant in Jena. The factory is renovated, restructured and integrated into the SCHOTT Group.
2004
Conversion of the foundation enterprise to the corporation SCHOTT AG. Its sole shareholder is the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung.
2009
SCHOTT is a multinational technology-based group with production plants and sales subsidiaries in more than 40 countries.
2010
Winner of the German Innovation Award.
For its innovations in the areas of product development, manufacturing and marketing of the brand SCHOTT CERAN®, SCHOTT was awarded the German Innovation Award. 2010 in the Large Enterprises category.
1900
Export share already about 50%.
1954
First production subsidiary outside of Germany (Vitrofarma in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
As of 1963
Establishment of production plants and sales offices in Western and Southern Europe. A sales office is opened in the U.S. (New York City). SCHOTT grows to become an international group of companies.
1965
First sales office in Asia (Tokio, Japan).
1969
First production plant in the U.S. (Duryea, Pennsylvania).
1974
First production plant in Asia (Penang, Malaysia).
As of 1993
Establishment of production plants and sales offices in Eastern Europe.
2002
First production plant in China.
2010
77% of worldwide sales is generated outside of Germany.
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