Schott AG is a German multinational glass company specializing in the manufacture of glass and glass-ceramics.
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12 Facts About Schott AG
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Schott AG became a specialist glass manufacturer with products including glass components for television tubes, fiber optics for light and image conductors, mirror substrates for giant telescopes, glass-ceramic cooktop panels and glass tubes for parabolic trough power plants.
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Schott AG had been operating at only 40 sites in ten countries with global sales of DM 1.
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In 2008, Schott AG announced that it planned to produce crystalline photovoltaic cells and modules with a total of 450 MW annually.
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Schott AG was engaged in concentrated solar power technology, by manufacturing solar receiver tubes.
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In June 2012, Schott AG announced that its Albuquerque plant would close down, laying off all photovoltaic cell manufacturing employees immediately and ramping down the remaining employees over the rest of the summer.
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Schott AG withdrew from its solar business in 2012 and Schott AG Solar AG was dissolved.
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Sole owner of Schott AG is the Carl Zeiss Foundation, which holds all shares and is partly financed from the dividends.
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Schott AG produces a wide range of specialty glasses and glass-ceramics in large quantities for many industries, including household appliances, pharmaceuticals, electronics, optics, life sciences, automotive and aerospace.
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Schott AG was commissioned in 2017 to produce four of five mirrors for the European Extremely Large Telescope, including the primary mirror, which is made up of 798 hexagons.
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Schott AG's brands include Ceran, Pyran, Robax, Fiolax, HelioJet, Puravis and Zerodur .
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