SCHOTT North America Inc.

SCHOTT North America, Inc. is the US company of SCHOTT, the German maker of specialty glass, glass-ceramics and other advanced materials, which has been making glass for more than 140 years. The US corporate office is in Rye Brook, New York. For aviation, SCHOTT supplies glass, fiber optic and LED products used in aircraft cabins, flight systems and electronics, and it also serves the space, satellite and telescope markets.

Aircraft products

• Seat and monument lighting: reading lights, mood lights and functional lights, supplied for aircraft seats for more than 20 years
• Decorative cabin lighting, such as starry sky ceilings and window contour lighting
• Optical materials, components and display glass for navigation and flight displays, including ZERODUR glass-ceramic used in ring laser gyroscopes
• Hermetic packaging and protective components for aircraft electronics and sensors
• Ultra-thin glass and custom lenses for UAVs and drones
• Passive fiber optic image guides used as emergency viewing devices, so crews can check outside before opening doors

US locations

• Rye Brook, NY: corporate office
• Southbridge, MA: lighting and imaging
• Duryea, PA: advanced optics and R&D center
• Louisville, KY: high-performance materials
• Phoenix, AZ: SCHOTT MINIFAB
• Lebanon, PA: SCHOTT Pharma USA

Company facts

• Parent company SCHOTT AG is based in Mainz, Germany
• SCHOTT is owned through the Carl Zeiss Foundation
• Production sites and sales offices in 33 countries
• Group chairman of the board of management: Dr. Torsten Derr