18/06/2026
This year, SCHOTT celebrates a major milestone in the United Kingdom: 50 years of driving innovation with specialty glass.
Founded in 1976 with an entrepreneurial spirit, the UK office began operating from a former country vicarage. From the start, the team aimed to do more than sell products. They championed a simple but powerful idea: glass can improve almost every part of our lives – from health and home to architecture, aerospace, and beyond.
As founding member Walter Zuber wrote in a 1983 SCHOTT magazine, SCHOTT “makes practically everything you can think of in glass – and many things you would not imagine to be made of glass – except ordinary window glass and bottles.”
Over the decades, this belief has shaped strong partnerships with customers across the UK. It continues to guide us today as we solve challenges with high-performance specialty materials and expand what’s possible.
In this post, we’re sharing a few innovations from that journey – some you may know, and some that may surprise you.
