SCHOTT North America, Inc. - Tubing is one of the leading manufacturers of glass tubing and rod worldwide offering tailor made products and services for international growth markets. Those markets include electronics, fiber optics, lighting, pharmaceutics and laboratory and industrial design. SCHOTT’s Tubing division produces more than 60 different types of glass in an extremely wide range of dimensions. The physical and chemical properties of each glass type are designed to allow for use in numerous different applications. Whereas some types may be designed exclusively for one particular task others are very versatile in their range of application. Click here to learn more from SCHOTT’s Special Glass Selector. SCHOTT Tubing also offers extensive know-how regarding the post processing of glass tubing and rod after is has been formed. The Tubing division offers a broad range of capabilities in both cold and hot processing to rework the finished glass according to customers’ specifications. A few examples of these capabilities are highly precise glass cutting; the manufacture of components for laboratory acid waste systems, heat exchangers and solar plants; as well as tempering and annealing. About SCHOTT SCHOTT is a technology-driven, international group that sees its core purpose as the lasting improvement of living and working conditions through special materials and high-tech solutions. Its main areas of focus are the household appliance industry, pharmaceutical packaging, optics and opto-electronics, information technology, consumer electronics, lighting, automotive engineering, solar energy, and defense. SCHOTT has a presence in close proximity to its customers through highly efficient production and sales companies in all of its major markets. The company has approximately 17,000 employees producing worldwide sales of approximately $3 billion. In North America, SCHOTT’s holding company SCHOTT Corporation and its operating subsidiary SCHOTT North America, Inc. and their affiliates employ about 2,500 people in 13 production operations with 4 sales offices.