Company type | Aktiengesellschaft |
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Industry | Glass |
Founded | 1884 Jena, Germany |
Founder | Otto Schott |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Torsten Derr (Chairman of the Management Board) |
Services | Glass Manufacturing |
Revenue | 2.8 billion euro (2023/2024)[1] |
Owner | Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung |
Number of employees | 17,100 (2024)[1] |
Website | schott |
Schott AG is a German multinational glass company specializing in the manufacture of glass and glass-ceramics. Headquartered in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, it is owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation. The company's founder and namesake, Otto Schott, is credited with the invention of borosilicate glass.