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SCHOTT AG is a manufacturer of high-quality industrial
glass products, such as
fiber-optics and components used in
flat panel displays.
Schott
AG is well known by the photographic community for manufacturing the glass components of
Zeiss and
Schneider 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 by
Otto Schott,
Ernst Abbe,
Carl Zeiss and Roderich Zeiss. The company later changed its name to
Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Genossen. After the
Second World War, the company was forced to relocate to
Mainz in
West Germany as
Schott Glaswerke AG after the headquarters in Jena was taken over by the East German government and became
Jena Glaswerke VEB. After the
German 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 in
Billerica, 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.
As of 2007, Schott AG employs more than 16,000 people in 36 countries.
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