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Schott starts up US chalcogenide glass line
Vertically integrated facility enables company to make key optics for defense on US soil for the first time.
Schott filters by Mike Hatcher, at SPIE Optics + Photonics in San Diego
The specialty optical components manufacturer Schott is now making products based on chalcogenide glass in Duryea, Pennsylvania, in a move that will enable the company’s US subsidiary to target the domestic defense sector more effectively.
Schott already makes chalcogenide components, which typically comprise combinations of elements including germanium, selenium, tellurium, antimony and arsenic, at its main site in Jena, Germany. But the additional US capability will help with export compliance issues as key technologies such as thermal imaging and night vision find increasing deployment.
The vertically integrated glass melting, diamond turning fabrication and metrology line in Duryea has just started operations, after Schott worked on the expansion over the past year.
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