Control and touch panels for home appliance devices
Minimalist design meets surprisingly smart, intuitive technology - this is what future kitchens look like. The prerequisite for this : smart glass – but not just any. Only truly precise production makes many functionalities possible. SCHOTT has the experience, processing capabilitites and pioneering spirit to make your vision a reality in perfection – allowing your brand to stand out. Ready to enter the future with us?
You have a new touch panel project? Just found the right glass experts.
Longterm, durable printing, scratch resistance – SCHOTT flat glass stands for high quality, fulfilling all standards of the home appliance industry. Beside that, our processing skills and knowledge are unique on the market. As your innovation partner, we offer beside various design options printed touch sensors for all kind of alliances such as microwave ovens, baking ovens, extractor hoods, dishwashers, coffee machines, washing machines, heaters, and bathroom appliances. You got a new project? Talk to us!
How to find advice for innovation?
The nature of innovation – it’s never been done before. SCHOTT has developed a broad portfolio of specialty glasses with properties tailored to support the handling of touch-based surfaces. Our new production technologies combining glass and electronic components create best conditions for designing new touch or control panels for home appliances. Also, breaking new grounds is our home turf. You have a disruptive user experience oder design idea? We have the know-how and skills to shift the standard.
Your touch panel needs special skills? We got them all under one roof.
A smooth easy-to-clean surface, a finish looking like steel or adapting another distinctive style, a fascinating illumination, even the capability to operate via touch or haptic all that requires a lot competencies, knowledge and skills with glass. At SCHOTT, we have the processing tools and the experts to achieve amazing results. If it is special edges, precise drilling, printing with durable colors or applying our in-house coatings to enhance the performance of our glass panels. Actually, there is quite a lot no one else can do.
Need control panels in a certain look? Tell us more.
Premium brands must stand out. That's why individual design is such an important part of their DNA, with homogenous-looking product ranges impressing with elegant materials and UX solutions. This can make the seamless integration of glass elements into existing design lines challenging, as they have to match style, colors, light, surface and texture 100%. Unless you opt for SCHOTT. Because with our durable printing options developed in our in-house color lab, SCHOTT experts can create any look – pushing your brand forward.
You don’t want solutions „off the shelf?“ Hello partner!
Yor expectations go beyond standards? Then SCHOTT is the right partner for you. Because we are the partner for special requirements and offer our customers exceptional solutions. Due to the high quality of our glass products, their particularly precise and versatile processing and the SCHOTT pioneering spirit, you won't find a better partner in the touch panel sector. And just as our quality glass lasts a lifetime, we also believe in long-term partnerships and are happy to support you from development to the finished product.
The image and text-supported controls give the user a feeling of control and precision and make even complicated settings surprisingly simple.
The Bosch Digital Ring is the archetype of the next generation user interface.
More value with our guidance and feedback capabilities
- SCHOTT® Smart Touch
Cavities for tactile feedback of switches are available in 3 shapes (point, circular, slider) and in various sizes - Haptic feedback
The technology offers advanced haptic feedback for touch sensors via cavities in the glass - HMI capability
Including IR transparency for sensors, capacitive touch compatibility, and dead front effect printing - Haptic printing
Haptic printing effects for user guidance - Printed circuits
Printed circuits directly onto glass
Printed heating circuits - Sensor areas
Sensor areas for capacitive switch buttons for easy connection to electronic components
Sensor areas for infrared sensors (for both touch and touchless switches) - Flush assembly
Milling process for flush assembly of control panels within a frame - Tight specifications
We offer tight specifications for control panels to be bonded - Advanced Surface Protection
Jointless glass surface with easy-to-clean coating ensures effortless cleaning, prevents dirt and bacteria build-up, and reliably protects switches against water penetration.
Discover our expertise
Quality and reliability hard to find? Get in touch with SCHOTT today.
Whether you’d like more information, samples, a quote, or advice on a project, feel free to reach out to us. We’d be happy to answer your questions.
About us
SCHOTT is committed to revolutionizing the home appliance industry by developing high-quality, innovative glass solutions. Through state-of-the-art coatings, specialized glass printing techniques and advanced processing technologies at a reasonable cost, we empower our partners to create exceptional products that enhance homes worldwide.
Many well-known manufacturers and brands of household appliances worldwide trust us for many years as reliable supplier of high-quality, precision-manufactured glass in tight production schedules. At SCHOTT we are proud about our reputation as innovation partner. We work closely with our customers to develop and implement unique home appliances helping their brands to stand out.
We believe in good partnership and we know this business for many years. That’s why we take care in every step – from the early development phase to production until the final delivery.