- Schott AG
SCHOTT AG is a manufacturer of high-quality industrial
glass products, such as fiber-optics and components used inflat panel display s.Schott AG is well known by the photographic community for manufacturing the glass components of
Zeiss andSchneider Kreuznach lenses as well as B+W filters. They also publish the Schott Glass Catalog, which is a standard reference for the properties of the many optical glasses produced by them and other companies.The company was founded in 1884 at
Jena , Germany as Glastechnisches Laboratorium Schott & Genossen byOtto Schott ,Ernst Abbe ,Carl Zeiss and Roderich Zeiss. The company later changed its name to Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Genossen. After theSecond World War , the company was forced to relocate toMainz inWest Germany as Schott Glaswerke AG after the headquarters in Jena was taken over by the East German government and became Jena Glaswerke VEB. After theGerman reunification , Schott Glaswerke AG acquired Jena Glaswerke VEB to become a single company again.In 2008 they announced plans to build a factory in
Albuquerque, New Mexico , to build receivers for concentrated solar thermal power plants (CSP) and 64 MW of photovoltaic modules. They are already making 15 MW of photovoltaics annually inBillerica, Massachusetts . Schott plans to produce crystalline PV cells and modules with a total of 450 MW annually. In addition, the company will produce thin-film PV wafers with a capacity of 100 MW. [ [http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205906174 Schott AG to build PV production in USA] ] [http://www.schott.com/solar/english/index.html]As of 2008, Schott AG employs more than 16,800 people in 41 countries.
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External links
* [http://www.schott.com Official company website]
* [http://www.us.schott.com Official company website US]
* [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aWczBanSpMh0&refer=home Schott Solar May Seek Up to EU700 Million in Initial Offering]
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