founded 1884 jena germany headquarters mainz germany key people dr. frank heinricht chairman of the management board services glass manufacturing revenue eur 1.93 billion 2014 15 1 number of employees 15 000 in 35 countries 5 200 of whom in germany 2014 15 1 slogan glass made of ideas website schott ag official company website schott ag is an international manufacturing group of glass and glass ceramics . the company is headquartered in mainz germany and employs approximately 15 000 people world wide . 1 all shares of schott ag are solely held by the carl zeiss foundation . the company reported sales worth 1.93 billion euros in its fiscal year 2014 2015 . 1 contents 1 history 2 schott solar 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1884 the glass chemist otto schott partnered with the congenial ernst abbe carl zeiss and his son roderich zeiss founded the glastechnisches laboratorium schott & genossen which would later become jenaer glaswerke schott & genossen and then schott ag . erich schott the son of the company founder took over the management of the plant in 1927 . the company suffered a severe blow at the end of world war ii when american troops brought its management and select experts over to west germany . after the main production plant in jena was expropriated erich schott opened a new plant in mainz the company s current headquarters in 1952 . products of jenaer glaswerks schott & gen at an exhibition in 1951 during germany s division there were two independent companies the veb jenaer glaswerk at the historic site which would later be integrated into the combine veb carl zeiss jena and the glassworks in mainz that traded under the name jenaer glaswerk schott & gen. after the close cooperation of the two glassworks in the first years following world war ii had been cancelled by the gdr in 1953 a dispute arose over the use of company names and its logo a square with a circle and the words jena glass with a superscript er . the two parties finally reached an agreement in 1981 which allowed the west german company to use the name schott and the square with a circle while the east german company was permitted to use the term jenaer glass . after the fall of the inner german border in 1989 the company based in mainz acquired the east german company in jena . 2 schott solar edit a schott plant in vala sk mezi czech republic in 2008 schott announved that it planned to produce crystalline photovoltaic cells and modules with a total of 450 mw annually . it also planned to produce thin film pv wafers with a capacity of 100 mw . 3 4 in 2009 the company inaugurated a us 100 million solar manufacturing facility in albuquerque new mexico usa to build receivers for concentrated solar thermal power plants csp and 64 mw of photovoltaic modules . they had already been making 15 mw of photovoltaics annually in billerica massachusetts until the factory was closed in 2009 . 5 the in june 2012 schott announced that its albuquerque plant would close down laying off all photovoltaic cell manufacturing employees immediately and ramping down the remaining employees over the rest of the summer . 6 references edit a b c d annual report 2014 15 . schott . retrieved 19 january 2016 . milestones the corporate history at a glance . www.schott.com . retrieved 2016 03 15 . schott ag to build pv production in usa . eetimes . retrieved 2016 03 15 . http www.schott.com solar english index.html website schott solar schott solar to shutter pv module production facility in billerica ma . pv tech . retrieved 2016 03 15 . robinson avila kevin . updated schott solar mesa del sol plant to shut . www.abqjournal.com . retrieved 2016 03 15 . external links edit official company website v t e glass makers and brands contemporary companies anchor hocking arc international ardagh group armashield asahi aurora glass foundry aventas group baccarat berengo studio blenko glass company bodum bormioli rocco borosil caithness glass cox & barnard corning dartington 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