SCHOTT invests at the Landshut site
Wednesday, December 6, 2023, Landshut, Germany
- Expansion of Landshut innovation and development center with a substantial double-digit million investment
- Strengthening international competitiveness through optimized processes and modern working environments
- 100% climate-neutral building complex in Western Landshut with planned completion by 2025
The SCHOTT technology group is adding a state-of-the-art new building to its existing plant in Western Landshut, which extends SCHOTT’s 80-year presence in the Lower Bavarian district capital. The expansion not only aligns with the company’s continuous growth strategy, which is geared towards driving innovation, but also with its commitment to environmental stewardship. The facility will be 100% climate-neutral and meet all its electricity needs using renewable energy sources.
With the Landshut construction project, the technology group is making itself fit for the future and investing a substantial double-digit million-euro sum. After completion, which is planned for fall 2025, the current SCHOTT plant in the city center will relocate to the new site and begin consolidating into a large competence center in Landshut.
During the official groundbreaking ceremony on 5 December 2023, Peter Kniprath, Head of SCHOTT Business Unit Electronic Packaging, welcomed Landshut's Lord Mayor Alexander Putz, Lower Bavaria's District President Rainer Haselbeck and others to celebrate the start of a new era together.
Site manager Thomas Gassner adds, "By optimizing the structures and creating state-of-the-art production facilities, we will be able to further improve our international competitiveness and create a modern and future-oriented environment for our employees."
The new building in the heart of Bavaria reaffirms SCHOTT’s commitment to the region, after doing business there for more than 80 years. The expansion further strengthens Landshut's standing as a thriving business hub. "With over 550 employees, SCHOTT in Landshut is one of the most important employers and has been one of our city's flagship companies for decades," said Lord Mayor Alexander Putz. "We are delighted that this leading global technology company is once again emphasizing its close ties to Landshut with its new building. This will further increase Landshut's attractiveness as a location for highly qualified workers."
During the official groundbreaking ceremony on 5 December 2023, Peter Kniprath, Head of SCHOTT Business Unit Electronic Packaging, welcomed Landshut's Lord Mayor Alexander Putz, Lower Bavaria's District President Rainer Haselbeck and others to celebrate the start of a new era together.
Commitment to the region and Bavaria
"As the center of our site, the new building will enable us to strengthen Landshut as one of the most important innovation and development locations of the SCHOTT Group," explains Peter Kniprath, Head of SCHOTT’s Electronic Packaging Business Unit.Site manager Thomas Gassner adds, "By optimizing the structures and creating state-of-the-art production facilities, we will be able to further improve our international competitiveness and create a modern and future-oriented environment for our employees."
The new building in the heart of Bavaria reaffirms SCHOTT’s commitment to the region, after doing business there for more than 80 years. The expansion further strengthens Landshut's standing as a thriving business hub. "With over 550 employees, SCHOTT in Landshut is one of the most important employers and has been one of our city's flagship companies for decades," said Lord Mayor Alexander Putz. "We are delighted that this leading global technology company is once again emphasizing its close ties to Landshut with its new building. This will further increase Landshut's attractiveness as a location for highly qualified workers."
Landshut as an innovation center and experienced partner
As a leading international technology group, SCHOTT develops and produces specialty glasses and high-tech components for a wide range of markets and applications. For many years, the Landshut site has acted as an innovation center and partner for global customers from a wide range of growth industries including data and telecommunications, e-mobility, consumer electronics, medical and dental technology, energy, sensor technology and the aerospace industry.
The new, ultra-modern administration and production building (right) will complement the SCHOTT site in Landshut. Photo: SCHOTT
Pioneering. Responsibly. Together.
These attributes characterize SCHOTT as a manufacturer of high-tech materials based on specialty glass. Founder Otto Schott is considered its inventor and became the pioneer of an entire industry. Always opening up new markets and applications with a pioneering spirit and passion – this is what has driven the #glasslovers at SCHOTT for almost 140 years. Represented in over 30 countries, the company is a highly skilled partner for high-tech industries: Healthcare, Home Appliances & Living, Consumer Electronics, Semiconductors & Datacom, Optics, Industry & Energy, Automotive, Astronomy & Aerospace. In the fiscal year 2022, its 17,200 employees generated sales of 2.8 billion euros (3.1 billion USD). SCHOTT AG is owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation, one of the oldest foundations in Germany. It uses the Group's dividends to promote science. As a foundation company, SCHOTT has anchored responsibility for employees, society and the environment deeply in its DNA. The goal is to become a climate-neutral company by 2030.
Rina Della Vecchia
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