Source: Alno
FUNCTIONAL AND DECORATIVE
SOLUTIONS IN GLASS
SCHOTT Flat Glass, a business unit of SCHOTT AG, specialises in glass solutions for home appliances, such as glass panels for ovens, gas cookers and refrigerators. Joseph Altham spoke to Astrid Rotarius, Global Account & Marketing Manager at SCHOTT Flat Glass, to find out how the company has been moving into new markets around the world.
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CHOTT AG was founded by Otto Schott in 1884, and has more than a century’s worth of experience in special glass applications. The company is based in Mainz, Germany, has worldwide sales of €2.85 billion, and provides glass for many complex requirements, from optics to solar energy. The main activity of SCHOTT Flat Glass is to produce glass for kitchens, and its most important products are glass panels for oven doors, refrigerator shelves and front panels as well as glass hob tops for
gas cookers. Ovens with glass doors have the great advantage of allowing the chef to watch the food as it cooks. All glass panels made by SCHOTT Flat Glass are thermally toughened, and panels on the inside of the oven door are usually glass with a coating to reflect the heat back into the oven cavity. “There are different requirements,” said Astrid Rotarius. “The outer glass gives design. The coated inner glass sold under the name SCHOTT® Energy serves the function of decreasing energy consumption Industry Europe 177
