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Interesting expert insights 👓 on “Glass in transition” at the #ResponsibleLeadershipConference in Frankfurt How do we balance environmental, social, and economic concerns in business? The F.A.Z. Institut event provided answers. Our Executive Vice President of Corporate R&D and New Ventures, Dr. Matthias Mueller, highlighted the glass industry's strong commitment to sustainability through ongoing research and new technologies: For us, #sustainability is not a trend but a permanent, holistic task. We have already achieved significant milestones towards our ambitious goal of becoming #carbonneutral by 2030. Key initiatives include: - Enhancing energy efficiency in our production 🏭 processes - Utilizing 100% green electricity⚡ worldwide - Focusing on technological advancements, such as producing optical glass with 100% hydrogen and constructing a new electric tank (operational by 2026) to reduce CO2 emissions by 80% We are also advancing the circular economy for pharmaceutical glass and developing a new recyclables collection system for our #CERAN glass-ceramic cooktop panels. However, to continue our progress, we need planning security, political support, necessary infrastructure, and a competitive energy supply for green electricity and green hydrogen. Our journey towards sustainability🌱 involves a steadfast commitment to technological innovation. Despite current economic and political challenges, we remain dedicated to investing in our green transformation.

🏆 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗚𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗵𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 We are delighted to announce that we have won another award for our innovative #sustainability efforts and pioneering solutions: 🥳 We won the New Gases Innovation Award. Presented by the German Gas and Hydrogen Industry Associations under the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research patronage, the prize recognizes our ground-breaking "100% Hydrogen in Glass Production" project in the "Application Technology" category. 🏭 As the first company in the glass industry to successfully produce special optical glass using 100% hydrogen on an industrial scale, we have demonstrated that switching from fossil fuels to hydrogen in glass production without compromising quality is possible. Our project leaders, Lenka Deneke and Matthias Kaffenberger, presented this achievement at the award ceremony in Berlin. In addition to this prestigious award, we also won second place in the pre-selected audience award. Through years of research and development, we have built up significant expertise in hydrogen 💧 technology. While a mature infrastructure and competitive hydrogen prices are still needed, we are working further to convert our tanks. In the meantime, our next big step will be an electric heating tank in 2026. Our hydrogen trials have provided us with essential technical concepts for the future, allowing us to adapt as the situation evolves. This achievement marks another important milestone on our journey towards climate-neutral production by 2030. 🌱 Congratulations to the winners Schaeffler and the double winner RWE Gas Storage West, who also won the audience award. See also here 👉 https://bit.ly/4fPUFFX #neuegase BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e.V., DVGW Deutscher Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches, ASUE Arbeitsgemeinschaft f. sparsamen und umweltfreundlichen Energieverbrauch e. V., VNG AG

We're a 2025 Prism Awards finalist! 🎉 We're looking forward to meeting all finalists and SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics members at the gala evening during #PhotonicsWest. Do you want to learn more on how we're powering the way to the future with #hydrogen? Read our #SolutionsMag article here: https://lnkd.in/eDEaZVMW #PhotonicsPrism

Another fantastic #CIIE in Shanghai!🙌 We were excited to present SCHOTT as an innovative technology company in specialty glass and advanced materials, reinforcing our commitment in #China, one of our focus markets. This year, we invited our customers, partners, and new visitors to share their challenges, inspiring ideas, and exchanging know-how with us. By introducing our innovations in glass and other materials as well as sustainability and digitalization, our visitors experienced the spirit and energy within our company. The showcases represented the endless possibilities of our technologies to push existing boundaries. Through this event, we demonstrated that SCHOTT is more than a glass manufacturer - we drive progress by building strong partnerships. Thank you to everyone for visiting and connecting with us - we’re excited to continue exploring the future with you. Looking forward to CIIE 2025! 🚀

Join us in celebrating our #sustainability champions for winning the annual SCHOTT Sustainability Award! Sustainable thinking is a mindset that has to run through an entire organization. This year’s winning team developed a groundbreaking method to utilize machine learning in order to cut down on scrap in our production processes, resulting in significant CO2 and cost savings. The global collaboration of the business unit and our digital acceleration team embodies our commitment to a better future and our goal to significantly reduce our emissions. This example shows that cost savings and sustainability can go hand in hand. Congratulations to all colleagues who received this recognition! You are true role models and an inspiration to us all! 🌱👏

Let's turn the spotlight on this year’s SCHOTT Innovation Awards winner: SCHOTT Pharma’s ready-to-use cartridges! Each year, we celebrate outstanding contributions to innovation that showcase exceptional creativity, dedication, and business impact while embodying our company spirit. The ready-to-use cartridges and innovative cartriQ® platform are designed to safely store GLP-1 drugs used to treat obesity. This solution allows pharma companies to boost production efficiency, scale their drug production flexibly, and meet sustainability goals and regulatory demands. Congratulations to the winning team! Your pioneering spirit, drive, and passion are truly inspiring. 🤩💪

One step closer to LISA! 📷 NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration has shared some exciting new photos of a fullscale prototype for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna mission, led by European Space Agency - ESA. The new images show the LISA prototype Engineering Development Unit Telescope being inspected in the clean room at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. The prototype is made of our ZERODUR® glass-ceramic, which features a near-zero coefficient of thermal expansion, enabling the telescopes to detect gravitational waves by taking precise laser measurements. 🚀 Expected to launch in the mid-2030s, LISA will be the first space-based observatory for detecting gravitational waves. These waves are ripples in spacetime, created by powerful cosmic events like merging black holes and supernovae. LISA will consist of 3 satellites flying in a triangular formation, separated by 2.5 million kilometers, using laser beams to detect minuscule distance changes on the picometer scale (one trillionth of a meter!) as gravitational waves pass through. This groundbreaking mission will expand our understanding of the universe and the nature of gravity. 💙 We’re excited to see get a look at the prototype and see this mission taking shape! Photo Credit: NASA/Dennis Henry #NASA #ESA #LISA

150 participants, two days, one mission: Boost growth, drive profitability. 🚀🤝 Each year, SCHOTT’s leadership gathers for our Annual Corporate Conference to reflect, strategize, and explore new growth opportunities. “With combined expertise and fresh perspectives, we aligned strategies for a future-ready approach,” commented our CEO, Dr. Frank Heinricht. "SCHOTT's unique spirit and growth culture are key to leveraging our strengths, driving innovations, and increasing efficiency to ensure long-term business growth.” A special thank you to Yanick Rossival, Sophie Zimmermann, Désirée Karakaya, Salvatore Ruggiero, Björn Weller and team for putting it all together – these are the events where strategies ignite and big ideas turn into action.

Hosted by Fraunhofer IOF in Jena,Germany, our glass expert Yakup Gönüllü recently joined fellow researchers from the #PrifUSIO research project to discuss the latest advancements in #fusion technology. Funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the PriFUSIO research project brings 10 of the leading organizations in laser fusion together to pursue one goal: harnessing nearly-limitless clean energy by recreating the sun’s fusion process. Our high-tech #laser glass, which amplifies laser light’s energy and performance, plays a key role in making this bold vision a reality. Just last year, it was essential to achieving the first successful fusion ignition at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California. And with over €1.3 million in funding, we’re developing the next wave of glass innovations for fusion energy – a promising solution for a more #sustainable future. We’re excited to continue working with the field’s top innovators and look forward to hosting next year’s PriFUSIO meeting at our headquarters in Mainz! 🤝☀

Join us in celebrating International Day of Radiology (#IDoR2024) – a day dedicated to raising awareness about the vital role radiology plays in ensuring safe patient care. From optical glass and radiation shielding glass to radiopaque composite additives in glass powder, #glass is an essential material that enhances X-ray technology and patient safety. Take our high-performance glass 8245, for example. It is crucial for the precision and reliability of X-ray tubes. This glass offers unparalleled stability in X-ray tubes due to its permanent seal with metal alloys. The secret lies in the matching coefficient of thermal expansion between glass and metal, allowing them to endure extreme temperatures up to 400°C without fracturing. While optical properties are irrelevant in this application – X-rays pass through a titanium window – our glass ensures durability over a three-year lifespan. This results in accurate diagnoses, quicker treatment decisions, and improved healthcare outcomes.