reported sales worth 2.2. billion Euros with an annual profit of 206 million euros. SCHOTT AG employs around 16.200 people in production and sales facilities in 34 countries, including around 5,800 in Germany (as of 2019). SCHOTT increased its global sales by 2.2% in 2020 to reach 2.5 billion USD, with an improved operating profit (EBIT) of 320 million USD. The number of employees rose to around 16,500. The sole owner of Schott AG is the Carl Zeiss Foundation, which holds all shares and is partly financed from the dividends. Plants in Germany Mainz: Optical glass, glass-ceramic cooktop panels, fire viewing panels, fiber optics, pharmaceutical tubing Grünenplan: Thin glass Jena: Fire-resistant glass Landshut: Electronic packaging Mitterteich: Glass tubing, rods and profiles for technical and pharmaceutical applications Müllheim: Pharmaceutical packaging Products Schott produces a wide range of specialty glasses and glass-ceramics in large quantities for many industries, including household appliances, pharmaceuticals, electronics, optics, life sciences, automotive and aerospace. It also manufactures telescope mirror substrates for use in astronomy: Very Large Telescope (1991–1993: four mirrors of 8.2 m diameter each) Keck Observatory (1993–1996: two mirror segments of 10.0 m diameter each) Gran Telescopio Canarias (2007–2008: one mirror segment of 10.4 m diameter) Schott was commissioned in 2017 to produce four of five mirrors for the European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), including the primary mirror, which is made up of 798 hexagons. Schott’s brands include Ceran (glass-ceramic cooktop panels), Pyran (fire-resistant glass), Robax (fire viewing panels), Fiolax (glass tubing for pharmaceutical containers), HelioJet (aircraft cabin lighting), Puravis (fiber optics for medical technology) and Zerodur (glass-ceramic for telescope mirror substrates and the semiconductor industry). Notes References Glassmaking companies of Germany Companies based in Mainz Solar energy companies Companies established in 1884 German brands 1884 establishments in Germany Multinational companies headquartered in Germany