50 years of Termofrost® glass door systems: Setting the standard for refrigerated cabinets
19 February 2026, Germany, Mainz
- For 50 years, Termofrost® has been continuously evolving glass door systems for vertical chiller and freezer cabinets. In doing so, it demonstrates how companies can navigate changing customer needs as well as increasing demands for energy efficiency, reliability, and design in food retail.
- With the Termofrost® Inmotion glass door system, SCHOTT offers a technologically mature solution with a wide range of variants that covers different types of refrigerated cabinets for different climatic conditions and store concepts.
- Termofrost® systems’ modular design enables tailor-made solutions for refrigeration cabinet manufacturers and operators.
From the introduction of its first glass door systems, Termofrost® has developed solutions that are adapted to customer needs, changing market conditions, legal requirements, and new store concepts. Today, SCHOTT Termofrost® systems are used worldwide in refrigeration and freezer cabinets and make an important contribution to reducing energy consumption in food retail.
A key milestone in this development is the Termofrost® Inmotion platform. It is based on a unique hinge concept developed by SCHOTT that enables particularly narrow gap dimensions, improved sealing solutions, and self-closing doors. This reduces cold loss, simplifies installation, and improves product presentation in refrigerated cabinets.
Based on this system, SCHOTT has specifically expanded the Inmotion platform for plus cooling. Today, the platform includes different variants for various types of refrigerated cabinets, climatic conditions, and design requirements. These include Inmotion Canopy for refrigerated cabinets with conventional head panels and Inmotion Sky for design-oriented store concepts. Printed and heated versions are also available for more demanding climate zones. A further expansion stage for cold room applications is already in planning.
The diversity of Termofrost® glass door systems enables refrigerated cabinet manufacturers and operators in the food retail sector to tailor their vertical refrigerated cabinets specifically to energy efficiency, ease of use, and design. At the same time, the technical basis remains consistent across all variants – an advantage for series production, service, and long-term operational reliability.
“This anniversary underscores our commitment to consistently driving innovation and quality. With Termofrost®, we are developing glass door systems that combine technical excellence, high energy efficiency, and long-term reliability – tailored to the requirements of modern retail,” says Frank Bellemans, Head of SCHOTT’s Flat Glass Business Unit.
At EuroShop 2026, SCHOTT will present the expanded Termofrost® Inmotion portfolio as well as other solutions for glass door systems and cold room applications from February 22th to 26th in Hall 14, Booth A30.
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Termofrost® Inmotion Sky offers design-oriented stores an alternative head panel solution. Image: SCHOTT
The Termofrost® Inmotion glass door system enables a larger insulated surface. Image: SCHOTT
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International technology group SCHOTT produces high-quality components and advanced materials, including specialty glass, glass-ceramics, and polymers. Many SCHOTT products have high-tech applications that push technological boundaries, such as waveguides for augmented reality smart glasses, glass-ceramic mirror substrates in the world's largest telescopes, and laser glass in nuclear fusion research. With a pioneering spirit, SCHOTT’s 17,400 employees in over 30 countries work as partners across industries such as healthcare, home appliances, consumer electronics, semiconductors, optics, astronomy, energy, and aerospace. In fiscal year 2025, SCHOTT generated sales of EUR 2.83bn and an EBIT of EUR 230m. Founded in 1884 and headquartered in Mainz, Germany, SCHOTT is owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation. As a foundation-owned company, SCHOTT pursues long-term innovation and conducts its business with a strong sense of social responsibility, reinvesting its success into the advancement of science and society. Learn more at SCHOTT.com
