Schott tube glass
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| legal form | Corporation |
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 Mitterteich
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| management | Stefan Rosner |
| Number of employees | 1,250 |
| Website | www.schott.com/tubing |
The Schott AG (formerly Schott glass tubing GmbH) in Mitterteich is a leading manufacturer of tubes of glass . With around 1250 employees, the Schott AG location is one of the largest employers in the northern Upper Palatinate . The largest location of the Tubing Business Unit of SCHOTT AG is located in Mitterteich. Other locations are in Mainz (Germany), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Vadodara (India). A new plant will also be built in China in 2020.
history
The history of glass production in Mitterteich goes back to 1883. In 1930 the glass factory in Mitterteich was affiliated to Schott AG together with the Grünenplan factory to Deutsche Spiegelglas AG .
In 1885 Otto Schott invented chemically resistant borosilicate glass , which was also manufactured in tube form.
In 1911 a glass tube was developed that was particularly suitable for the manufacture of ampoules. The glass was registered in 1911 under the brand name Fiolax and is still one of the most important products of Schott AG at the Mitterteich location. After the Second World War, from 1947 to 1948, the production of Fiolax glass tubes began in Mitterteich.
In 1961 Schott decided to expand and modernize Mitterteich as a location for glass tube production.
In 1969 representatives of today's Schott AG and Glaswerke Ruhr AG agreed to found a joint subsidiary. Its headquarters, administration and sales were relocated to Bayreuth in 1972.
In 1990 the company was named Schott-Rohrglas GmbH.
In 2001 a new administration building was put into operation in Mitterteich; the Bayreuth and Mitterteich locations were merged in Mitterteich.
On March 1, 2012, Schott-Rohrglas GmbH was merged with its parent company, Schott AG.
Products
The company produces glass tubes, rods and profiles from around sixty special types of glass.
In addition to the classic product areas of technical tubes (e.g. Duran ) and pharmaceutical tubes (e.g. Fiolax), glass tubes for solar thermal (receiver tubes for solar thermal power plants) and for algae cultivation in photobioreactors are becoming increasingly important.
The glass tubes are further processed in a wide variety of applications, for example in pharmacy, chemistry, lighting (e.g. halogen lamps, UV lamps), environmental technology or microelectronics.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ New location manager at Schott Mitterteich. In: Onetz . December 9, 2015, accessed February 28, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Schott Mitterteich close to China and India. In: Onetz . January 16, 2020, accessed February 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Overview of the business areas. Schott, accessed February 28, 2020 .