Schott Technical Glass Solutions GmbH

SCHOTT - Together we are responsible for pioneering the impossible

SCHOTT is an international technology group with 140 years of experience in the areas of specialty glasses and materials and advanced technologies. With our high-quality products and intelligent solutions, we contribute to our customer’s success and make SCHOTT part of everyone’s life. 

Back in 1884, Otto Schott, Ernst Abbe and Carl Zeiss founded the "Glass Technology Laboratory Schott und Gen.,” the nucleus of today's SCHOTT Group. Jena is the founding location of today's SCHOTT Group and the group’s main competence centres for float technology and diagnostics.

Today's principal focus of SCHOTT’s operations in Jena is the development, production, and processing of high strength and extremely thermally resistant specialty glasses. Floated borosilicate glass is processed here as the key material for a wide variety of products, including fire-resistant and safety glazing, impact-resistant smartphone cover glass, products for diagnostic and medical technology, vehicle glazing, and glass for household appliances.

More than 30 years ago, SCHOTT set up the first microfloat production line for the manufacture of what would soon become one of the most influential specialty glass materials. The result was BOROFLOAT^® – the world’s first floated borosilicate glass. With high-quality German engineering at its core, BOROFLOAT^® quickly became an outstanding example of what seamless interaction between advanced know-how, innovative technology and professional curiosity – all in combination with the developmental drive of our team of experts – can deliver. The long-standing international success of BOROFLOAT^® is what drives us to continuously improve. We work closely with our customers to offer high-quality solutions that help to unlock new markets and meet even the most technologically demanding material requirements. With BOROFLOAT^® the key to it all!