entertainment electronics – History
A Pioneer in Glass Components
With its special glass SCHOTT has played a major role in the technological development of television sets.
With its special glass SCHOTT has played a major role in the technological development of television sets.
It all began in the 1930s


After World War II, production of black-and-white tube bulbs by hand restarted in the Bavarian towns of Mitterteich and Landshut in 1951. Two years later the production of glass for TV screens and funnels began at a new SCHOTT plant in Mainz. Manufacture was initially by hand, but full automation was introduced in 1955. By the mid-1960s ten million tube bulbs had been produced.
The advent of color


Production of TV components was speeded up considerably at the beginning of the 1970s through the introduction of robots at SCHOTT, a step that made the company internationally competitive.
Big and wide are beautiful


In 1991 the company produced its 100 millionth glass color TV component. The production lines at the Mainz plant, equipped with the most up-to-date technology, were producing up to 40,000 units daily.
Recognition from customers


A new era in SCHOTT TV glass manufacture dawned in 1998 with the trend towards increasingly flat screens. Mainz started to produce the so-called True Flat screens, which set the standard for large-diagonal screens. Also in 1998 SCHOTT started cooperating with ACBC, China’s biggest manufacturer of glass for TV sets.
Market leader in product range


The cathode ray tube (CRT) principle is far from dead in the new millennium. The claims “unbeatable in quality and unsurpassed in cost-efficiency” still apply. With designs for flat screens, smaller sets and lower energy consumption, SCHOTT has ensured that it will remain at the forefront of the development of glass components for TV sets.

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