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Xensation® Up. Stronger glass has you covered.

It happens so quickly. A dropped smartphone. The cracked screen. If you own a smartphone, drops are a fact of life. The cracked screen doesn’t have to be, not with our latest innovation: Xensation® Up.

Material of the Future

SCHOTT wraps ultrathin glass around a finger. The future has begun!

Glass-made guardian angel

Smartphones and sensors are everywhere these days! Thanks to a trend first seen in iPhones, fingerprint sensors which improve the level of data security are increasingly being used in other devices. It is no wonder the manufactures of Android are eager to implement this feature in their products as well.

Ultra-thin glass protects smartphones

The accessory brand “BLACK ROCK” is now marketing the ultra-thin glass for various smartphone models.

Dual cameras in smartphones boom

Due to the current trend of double cameras in smartphones, filter glasses from SCHOTT are in high demand.

Let the future evolve in your hands

Smartphones have become an indispensable part of daily life. In the near future they will transform into a wearable device around our wrists – all thanks to ultra-thin glass.

Please touch

SCHOTT glass can be found at several locations within smartphones.

Human + Smartphone = <3

Photo series: Making of ultra-thin glass

Glass as thin as a human hair is manufactured at the SCHOTT plant in Grünenplan. We took a photographer on a tour through the factory and captured some very impressive moments.

More about the Megatrends

Health is in the foreground for many people and it shapes the most diverse areas of life. The term stands for physical, mental and social well-being with a lifestyle of personal fulfilment and prevention. As life expectancy increases worldwide and the connection to the digital world continues, health-conscious consumers are making new demands.

Our world is more connected than ever before. All-new devices like wearables find their way into everyday life, while cars mutate into rolling computer systems. Whether as a cover for smartphone displays, substrate for 5G antenna technology, or even as a core element of unprecedented device designs: specialty glass is an essential component of the digital world. Not always visible, but always there.

The increasing population makes available space a limited good in growing global metropolitan regions. Whether usable living space for more and more people, stable mobile radio networks and frequency spaces for increasing networking, or usable street space for mobility solutions: Urbanization brings with it compellingly necessary changes that often only become possible with the help of specialty glass.

The 21st century is characterized by a growing need for new mobility concepts due to individualization, connectivity, urbanization and neo-ecology requirements. Technical innovations and changing needs are becoming the driving force. This trend is characterized by the acronym ACES: autonomous, connected, electrical and shared. We are experiencing an evolution: the beginning of a new, multimobile ecosystem.

Technical progress allows the distribution and exchange of digital information and data which enables the expansion and availability of knowledge worldwide. Countries and companies are competing for the best in inventions, innovations and patents. To generate the necessary scientific knowledge or to develop the newest technologies, sophisticated materials are a must. They enable what´s requested: enlarging human horizons.

Globalization, digitalization and climate change are profoundly changing our lives. For the future, therefore, sustainable development is one of the biggest challenges. Sustainability means that economic, ecological and social actions must always align with the guiding principle of responsibility - for the benefit of both the people and the environment, hence the entire planet Earth.

Change is afoot in the world’s energy industry. Alternative energy sources, soaring demand in emerging markets and a growing digitalization are just some of the elements disrupting the status quo. To keep the world’s lights on, humanity will need to find smart solutions to make energy supply cleaner, renewable and more efficient at the same time.