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Home Tech Gets K/BIS Cooking

Nr. 3 | June 2008

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It was a blustery few days at the beginning of April in Chicago. But inside McCormick Place Convention Center, SCHOTT’s booth at the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (K/BIS) heated things up.

The theme of Home Tech’s first booth at the K/BIS show in more than 10 years was “The New Face of Glass-Ceramics,” which highlighted Ceran’s unique environmentally friendly attributes and aesthetic attributes.

Unlike other types of glassceramic cooktops, Ceran® glassceramic cooktops do not use heavy metals, such as arsenic and antimony, in the production process. Other manufacturers rely on these heavy metals to remove bubbles as the glass-ceramic cools after being melted. SCHOTT, however, has developed a proprietary process that doesn’t require them.

This step has allowed Whirlpool, one of SCHOTT’s largest customers in North America to eliminate 60 tons of arsenic in its cooktops annually. Whirlpool, like many companies in the U.S., has increased importance on the environmental impact of the company and becoming more environmentally responsible.

“Many appliances are recognized for eco-friendly attributes like energy and water savings, but often cooking appliances are overlooked,” said Vikas Sharma, senior category manager, Whirlpool cooking. “SCHOTT’s latest

SCHOTT Raises Visibility of Solar with Federal Government

The Capitol building in Washington D.C. is at the center of the solar debate.

In May, Dr. Alex Marker, Research Fellow and the current Director of the Regional R+D Department in Duryea, PA presented expert testimony on solar power in front of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the US Helsinki Commission. The bicameral commission is an independent U.S. government agency created in 1976 to monitor and encourage compliance with the Helsinki Final Act and other OSCE commitments.

Dr. Marker testified before the commission with a five-minute verbal statement, a submitted written statement, and answered questions presented to him by the commission. The testimony, titled “The Power of Solar Energy,” presented facts on the viability of solar power as a resource to stabilize energy prices, create jobs in

the U.S., secure the nation’s energy independence, all while reducing the country’s carbon emissions.

“This was a tremendous opportunity to speak to our Congressional Representatives and Senators, and show them the importance of providing the solar industry with the support it needs to provide America with a clean energy future,” said Dr. Alex Marker.

Dr. Marker’s testimony pointed to Spain and Germany as examples of how effective legislation can lead to job and economic growth in the renewable energy sector. He also spoke directly to the myth that solar was too expensive – showing independent analysis that showed a cost parity with fossil fuel technologies by 2020.

“When you lay out all of the facts, on a purely financial basis,

solar makes sense in the longrun,” explained Dr. Marker. “Then when you consider it’s renewable energy, with no carbon emissions, it solidifies the case. Critics will talk about how solar will only exist on subsidies, but that’s just not true. Any new industry, including oil, coal, and nuclear, is heavily subsidized at its infancy to bring the costs down. Why should solar, which has a tremendous potential, be treated any differently?”

SCHOTT, with the most diversified product portfolio and as one of the world’s largest manufacturers in the solar energy sector, can speak authoritatively on the subject of solar.

Copies of Dr. Marker’s testimony are available for download at www.seia.org Info

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Dr. Marker prepares to give his testimony on the importance of solar energy.

innovation helps us make progress toward creating an eco-friendly kitchen of today without compromising efficiency.”

SCHOTT also displayed ClearTrans and FlashColors cooktops, which bring aesthetic benefits. “Cooktops have long been function over form,” explained Carlos Mendia, Sales Manger for Ceran in the Americas. “With ClearTrans and FlashColors, SCHOTT is showing that cooktops can be an element of design in the kitchen.”

Seeing is Believing To show attendees the interplay between form and function, SCHOTT constructed a giant cooktop for the show (see article in the April issue of SCHOTT World America). The unit had both radiant and induction units, to show the differences between the two.

Thanks to the hard work from Home Tech employees in Vincennes and Louisville, the massive cooktop was one of the highlights of the show. (cont. on page 15)

Amy Wilson in Home Tech production in Vincennes carries a portion of the large cooktop.

FINE WORDS

Emphasizing People, Process, Innovation within the organization. But I also need your support, which is why I’d like to share with you my roadmap on what we need to do.

Dr. Gerald Fine, President & CEO of SCHOTT North America

The foundation of a progressive company rest in its people, its products, and how the people get the products to the market. SCHOTT is, of course, no different. While there are many talented individuals within the organization, and many successful products, there is work that needs to be done to improve the long-term strength of the company in three key areas.

I presented the management team of SCHOTT with my ideas on these topics during the Annual Corporate Conference (ACC), which was held in Washington D.C. this spring. It is only through their support that we’ll be able to make meaningful changes

People The company must ensure it has a well thought-out succession plan in place for key positions, and must work hard to recruit the next generation of talent. As we continue to make major investments, like those in Albuquerque, we’re finding it difficult to staff key positions, since we don’t want to create a “brain drain” within other areas of the organization.

To get the talented and motivated professionals we desire, we need to take a fourstep approach. The first step is creating a performance-based culture internally, where every employee strives—and is rewarded—for doing the best.

We need to open up the talent pipeline by hiring and identifying high potential employees and we need to create and execute meaningful roadmaps for their development. We also need to improve communication within the company. I’m taking this step by writing this column every issue, and soon you’ll see a blog from me on (cont. on page 14)

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By Land. By Air.

By Sea. By SCHOTT. SCHOTT’s Defense Business Unit is set to launch its new, integrated, marketing campaign this summer, with a new theme: By Land. By Air.

By Sea. By SCHOTT. The new campaign was developed by the Defense office in Crystal City, in conjunction with Corporate Marketing, and the BU’s involved with Defense.

The idea behind the new theme is to demonstrate SCHOTT’s breadth of applications and the company’s extensive product portfolio to the defense and security markets.

“A lot of companies have been working with SCHOTT

for many years, but they don’t necessarily understand everything we have to offer,” explained Defense Marketing Manager Katie MacIntyre.

“The idea behind the campaign is to raise the awareness of our larger customers that we have more to offer. SCHOTT is their innovation partner.”

The new campaign will launch this summer in targeted defense media. To coincide with the new advertisements, the Defense group is also updating its web presence and is creating new marketing collateral.

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Cooktop Fit for a President

An aerial view of Mesa del Sol taken in April. The foreground is where SCHOTT is building its facility.

Albuquerque Update The construction of SCHOTT Solar’s flagship Albuquerque manufacturing facility is moving forward as planned. The facility will be constructed through the summer in preparation for the installation of machinery in the fall. On the hiring side, key positions are being filled and a temporary office has been established (see the Intranet newsroom article

for the address).

“Every day we’re seeing progress,” said Rolf Nitsche, project manger for the Albuquerque build-up. “SCHOTT had a very aggressive timeline in getting the facility up and running, and we’re on target to meet that, thanks to the support of our colleagues from around the world.”

In addition to SCHOTT’s work

in Mesa del Sol, there is also a lot of other activity as a city is being constructed from the ground-up in the desert. In addition to Fidelity’s site, work is being done on construction of the “town center” as well as services such as the Fire Department. Land is also being prepared for the first phase of residential units.

tells the user your email address is valid. Never click on a link to “opt out” of spam, in a spam mail, or reply with the word “remove”.

Just delete, and let your spam filters catch the mail.

Just how big of a problem is spam? Over 80% of the email received by SCHOTT on a given day is spam. If we could eliminate half of that unwanted mail, it would free up space on our servers and within our network.

Unfortunately, this isn’t a problem that’s going to go away.

So now that we’ve talked about what spam is, let’s try and directly answer the question. At the end of April, SCHOTT switched the system used to block users from receiving spam mails. The good news is that the system is eliminating virtually all spam from users’ inboxes. The bad news is that the tolerance is so high, that it’s been catching some “intended” emails.

When the system was launched, email users were sent a notification, via Lotus Notes, informing them of the changes. Ironically, a lot of these emails ended up in individuals’ spam folders.

Every day, users should receive a “Spam report” detailing the number of diverted e-mails marked as spam, and how many of those contained viruses. The numbers are nothing short of astounding.

In Elmsford we’ve seen some users who have email addresses that are externally facing and consistently receive over 200 spam emails per day. If even half of that spam were to have made it through the system, it would stymie the pro-

ductivity of the user.

Contained in these spam reports are links to “release” emails the user would like to see. By clicking on the subject line of the quarantined mail (which is held on an external server for 30 days), it will send it to you a few minutes later.

The emails are sorted by the percentage likelihood they are spam. Generally, e-mails you wanted to see are at the top of the spam reports.

Unfortunately, there are some known problems with this system. The largest problem is because these reports are generated overnight only once a day, you will not know if you’re missing an e-mail until the next day. In addition, senders never receive bounceback messages alerting them of the delivery failures/delays. The other problem is the system isn’t intelligent. For example, in more progressive systems, you can train the filter to allow emails from certain users. To further complicate this, you can be exchanging emails with someone, and one of five might get tagged as spam while the other four will pass through the net with no problem.

These issues have been identified and are being worked on. In the meantime, please check your daily spam log and alert your local IT department if your intended mails are getting snared in the SPAM filter.

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Bill Clinton received a custom produced CERAN panel during a visit to Vincennes, IN.

Former President Bill Clinton visited Vincennes, Indiana in April for a speaking engagement.

SCHOTT was asked to design a special gift for President Clinton, to be presented by the Mayor of Vincennes. SCHOTT employees designed and produced a special

Ceran glass-ceramic panel with a picture of the historic George Rogers Clark Memorial, which is located in Vincennes. The gift was symbolic not only of the rich heritage of Vincennes, but also one of the city’s largest industrial employers, SCHOTT. Info

Fine Words (continued from page 13) the North American intranet. You will also see me visiting every site at least once per year. But it goes beyond me, and hopefully through my actions, it will motivate other managers to create a culture of communication within the organization.

Process SCHOTT is a complex organization, as most global companies are. But that doesn’t mean we can’t improve it. There is a perception internally and in the market that SCHOTT can be slow in responding. While I understand the history of the complex structure, it’s time to think about simplifying it, and enabling decisions to be made closer to our customers. A slow response might as well be no response.

Along those lines, the company needs to begin presenting ourselves as the customer wants to see us, not as we see ourselves

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internally. While we’re making this change, we need to improve our marketing and our sales contact with customers. Many BU’s sell products to the same companies, without coordination. If we present one face to the customer, we will organically grow sales.

Innovation SCHOTT has a product portfolio of thousands of high-tech products.

We are a technology company, and our culture should reflect that.

When I make the claim that we need to improve innovation, I’m talking about improving collaboration between R+D and the business units. As a company, we can improve how we identify customer needs and how we meet them with technological solutions. If SCHOTT is seen as a collaborator and a partner, we increase our value over a standard supplier or vendor.

We must align technology with BU and customer needs.

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Q: Dear askIT, I’ve noticed some changes to our Spam e-mail filtering system over the past couple of weeks.

While the volume of spam going into my inbox has decreased, the amount of messages that I wanted to see that was caught in the Spam filter has increased.

It’s making conducting business with external folks rather difficult. What’s going on with this?

— Sending in Southbridge A: Dear sending, thanks for asking this question. It’s certainly a hot topic in the company.

Before we answer your question, let’s first discuss and define what Spam is. Spam is traditionally defined as “unsolicited bulk email” or UBE. Spamming is an economically viable venture, because of the very low operating costs. So if only .001% of people buy a product advertised through spam, it means that mailing went out as a profit to the sender. Because spam is sent out electronically, it is easy to hide the identity of the spammer. There have been a few high profile cases where spam “kingpins” have been caught and prosecuted, but for every one they find, another hundred are setting up.

What can you personally do to avoid spam? Simply delete the messages without opening them. Some messages are tagged with a system similar to our “return receipt,” which

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SCHOTT Launches Four New Products to Architectural Market At the American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention & Exhibition held May 15-17 in Boston, SCHOTT unveiled four new products to the architecture market. The new products complement SCHOTT’s existing diverse range of solutions to the architectural market and further strengthen the company’s position as a leading supplier of innovative products to architects.

Donald Press, General Manager of SCHOTT’s Architectural Glass business in North America, commented on the new products, “In the field of architecture, it’s imperative to stay at the forefront of design trends. Architects are always looking for unique products, and SCHOTT is able to provide them with just that.”

From light transmitting concrete to transparent mirrored glass, here’s a look at SCHOTT’s new products.

BrightBuild Light Transmitting Concrete This unique product employs thousands of glass fiber optic strands inside the material to transmit light, either natural or artificial, into all spaces enclosed by the concrete. The BrightBuild™ panels retain the positive attributes of high quality concrete.

Since concrete and fiber optics

Horstmann + Sander, an upscale shoe store in Germany, uses Mirona to show video clips and hide the display hardware.

are considered to be among the most versatile of all building materials, this new product offers architects virtually limitless freedom and creativity.

“Most new architectural products offer incremental advances on earlier technologies,” explained Robert Hughes, Sales Manager, Fiber Optics Lighting. “But our new light transmitting concrete boldly takes concrete into a new dimension.”

According to Hughes, architects have long been striving to bring more natural light into interior spaces. “Up until now,” he said, “windows have been the only option. By adding what is a seemingly opaque exterior wall, architects can brighten up any interior space with sunlight, while

BrightBuild transparent concrete is a revolutionary material that retains all of the features of concrete, but is transparent.

SCHOTT Gemtron Secures Major Food Display Contract Hill-Phoenix, a major frozen food case supplier to WalMart has awarded a major percentage of the Food Display glass door business to SCHOTT Gemtron. Wal-Mart is North America’s largest user of glass display doors that utilize LED lighting in their cases.

SCHOTT Gemtron provides glass display doors to the convenience store industry and has become a major player in

the convenience store market. Providing glass display doors to Circle K, Pilot Travel Centers, Flying J Travel Centers, Speedway SuperAmerica, and other major companies located in North America.

SCHOTT Gemtron’s 155,000 square-foot manufacturing facility is centrally located in Madisonville, KY (USA).

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providing functional and aesthetic benefits.”

ColorTherm Insulated Glass Units ColorTherm™ insulated glass units (IGU’s) comprise of tempered, colored glass designed for building exteriors and interiors.

ColorTherm™ IGU’s are available in translucent white and four standard transparent designer colors – light blue, cobalt blue, light green and light yellow. They are available with a high-performance low-E coating to reduce heating and cooling loads.

“Architects have been demanding that we develop an insulated glass line that combines the beauty of SCHOTT colored glass with the thermal performance required for modern designs. We’re pleased to be able to answer that demand,” said Donald Press, General Manager of SCHOTT’s Architectural Glass business in North America.

“Having a standard product, instead of a custom-design, provides architects with the complete performance specifications in advance for the five color types.

ColorTherm will be produced with complete consistency and in quantities sufficient to be available as needed, both for new construction and for replacement panels.”

Moodglass Decorative Panels Moodglass® is a line of glasses inset with decorative fabrics.

Moodglass panels feature highquality designer fabric sandwiched between two sheets of AMIRAN® anti-reflective glass. The product enables designers to use fabrics to decorate building interiors in places where it was once impractical or impossible to do so.

Renowned German fabric designer Jab Anstoetz, required the vivid fabrics to be displayed between the sheets of AMIRAN anti-reflective glass so that the glass disappears, highlighting only the beauty and texture of the fabric. With Moodglass panels, designers can now make fabric a part of any building space in even the most highly trafficked areas.

Moodglass panels are equally adaptable to partitions and wall coverings. They even provide UV protection from the sun.

“Fabrics have always been important interior design elements because they bring color

and texture to a room,” said Donald Press. “But they are also relatively fragile and easily soiled or frayed, so they have generally been impractical for heavily trafficked areas. Moodglass decorative elements change all that by combining the best features of glass, durability and ease of maintenance with the softer qualities of decorative fabrics.”

Moodglass, a new product from SCHOTT, features designer fabrics protected by AMIRAN.

In addition to these four product launches, the Advanced Optics group from Duryea displayed a wide assortment of optical glasses that are used for artistic applications and can be custom-made for high-profile pieces in commercial buildings, hotels, and residences.

These product introductions along with our tried and true architectural specialty products, including Amiran anti-reflective glass and Pyran fire-rated glassceramics, were well received and sparked ideas among architects for using SCHOTT products in a multitude of projects. The architectural group collected more than 600 inquiries from this highly successful exhibition.

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Home Tech (continued from page 13) Throughout the show a live cooking demonstration was offered, and on the opening night of the show, a press and customer event was arranged. At the press event, a professionally trained chef from the French Culinary Institute prepared a meal on the giant cooktop as customers and members of the press marveled at the benefits of Ceran glass-ceramic cooktops.

“It’s one thing to read about a cooktop’s benefits or see a picture online,” explained Home Tech marketing manager Karen Elder.

“But to see it in person and see how it operates creates a whole new impression.”

Overall, Home Tech considered the K/BIS show to be a success, as it furthered contact with new and existing customers.

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Frozen food cases in Wal-Marts will soon be made from SCHOTT products.

Mirona Transformation Glass MIRONA transformation glass functions as both a decorative element and a display. Coated on both sides with an optical interference layer, it turns glass displays, such as computer screens and TVs into mirrors when not in use. But when the display is turned on, the image is displayed flawlessly upon the surface.

“Wall-mounted flat screen TVs —now ubiquitous throughout the world—have become the ‘black holes’ of interior decor, especially when they’re not in use,” said Donald Press. “With MIRONA panels, however, a TV in its offstate is transformed into a mirror, a much more attractive decorative element.”

Applications include retail displays, architectural partitions, and cover panels for television sets and computer screens.

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Karen Elder (right) speaks with two chefs as they prepare to cook on the giant CERAN cooktop.

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Interview – Michael Kitts, VP Finance, Control, and Treasury

Talking Cents

SWA: Michael, thanks for taking the time to talk with us today.

Gerhard Kiewel was the CFO of SCHOTT North America, are you taking over one-for-one what Gerhard was doing?

MK: Thanks for providing me the opportunity to address all of the SCHOTT employees in North America. My new position is similar to what Gerhard was doing, but not entirely the same. Having Dr. Fine as the new President, he’s taking on a much more hands-on approach on some topics that Gerhard used to be responsible for. I’ll be responsible for everything financial, such as consolidation and auditing, the financial shared services organization (AP/AR, Payroll), and treasury and tax for North America. I’ll be reporting directly to Gerry Fine and functionally to the Financial Corporate Functions (Controlling and Auditing, Tax and Treasury) of SCHOTT in Germany.

SWA: What do you see as the biggest challenge in your new position?

MK: That’s an interesting question. In addition to having a greater supervisory function, there are increased responsibilities and expectations that will be placed on me. Having worked for SCHOTT for ten years, I’m very comfortable with the company and, having spent five years on an

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assignment in Germany, I have the benefit of having worked sideby-side with a lot of my colleagues in Germany.

As far as challenges for the group, SCHOTT is undergoing a tremendous amount of strategic change in North America, as evidenced by the growth in Albuquerque, and a focus on the defense industry. These types of changes along with any sort of reorganization create pressures on every department, especially Finance.

SWA: There’s of course a lot of talk about the US economy and the dollar. Being an international group, how does this affect us?

MK: There are two sides to this.

On one side the US is now ripe for investment from stronger economies, like Germany. This is enabling projects like Albuquerque to be done at a lower cost than had we done this two years ago.

When you’re dealing in the magnitude of hundreds of millions of dollars, fluctuations of the dollar by even ten cents can make a large impact.

However, on the other side, the group is faced with challenges incurred by the weak dollar.

SCHOTT imports significantly more into the US than it exports. So, the weaker dollar affects us like every other company that is buying products from Germany. Plus, with the ever-rising cost of fuel our logistics costs are increasing.

We try and pass these costs along to customers as much as possible, but there’s only so far we can push that.

SWA: What do you see as the “business to watch” over the next couple of years?

MK: That’s a difficult question, as there’s a lot of things that can change over the next couple of years. However, I see tremendous potential in the field of Pharmaceutical Packaging, Electronic Packaging, and of course I am optimistic about our solar facility.

I’m also looking forward to seeing how the Defense office in D.C. progresses and am optimistic that our customers for CERAN are making the necessary moves to combat the housing downturn (and, in turn, the slower appliance sales, which are all directly correlated) and to stimulate the market.

SWA: When you’re not balancing the books, what do you like to do?

MK: I’m busy teaching my two young children, Lauren and Spencer, Excel. And, as soon as they’re old enough I look forward to teaching them how to ride a bike, so I can return to being an avid cyclist.

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Take Your Child to Work Day For the 10th consecutive year, SCHOTT’s Duryea site hosted a Take Your Child to Work Day on April 22nd. This year, employees’ children viewed a presentation of

the capabilities offered at the Duryea facility followed by a tour of the plant, R&D laboratories and Christopher Ries’ studio. For the remainder of the day, the

students spent time in the work area of their respective parents or mentors.

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Children of Duryea employees take a tour of the facility.

HR Corner

Talent for Tomorrow Takes First Step This April, SCHOTT North America hosted its first-ever SCHOTT Day at Alfred University. Kevin McFarland (CHR in Elmsford), Dr. Alex Marker (Representing Solar), Steve Sokach (AM), Ed Hart (AM), Mark Davis (AM), Jim Triba (FOS), Jason Cole (FOS) participated in an on-campus event at Alfred University that was designed to build and reinforce SCHOTT’s employer brand at the college and university level.

“We think it makes sense that Alfred University is one of the target universities on which we focus our employer branding efforts, since they have a high quality Materials Science and Glass-Ceramics program, and there are a number of SCHOTT employees who graduated from there,” explained Kevin McFarland of Corporate Human Resources.

“The message we are trying to send to students is that SCHOTT is a high-tech company with strong tradition, and we are looking for people who can think creatively and act entrepreneurially on an international level.”

“By placing our engineers and scientists and the Alfred student body together, it gave us the chance to give the students a first-hand look inside SCHOTT and where the opportunities of the future are within the company,” said Kevin. “We believe that it helped to familiarize Alfred students with SCHOTT, and we were able to do it in a more intimate setting.” The goal was to attract undergraduate, graduate, and near graduating students to SCHOTT at an early stage.

On the first evening, the SCHOTT team had a chance to have dinner and network with the Alfred University En-

gineering faculty and the Career Development Office. Thursday’s undergraduate seminar saw panel style company presentations that showcased the different BU’s of SCHOTT to Alfred University’s undergraduate students. “The undergraduate seminar clearly demonstrated to students the vast business sectors within SCHOTT and the extensive technological advancements that it strives for,” Nancy Williams of the Alfred University Career Development Center told SCHOTT. “It also demonstrated that SCHOTT is a premiere US employer for recent college graduates.”

SCHOTT also hosted a networking reception, which attracted about 100 students, while SCHOTT engineers demonstrated products and educated students. Many students even lingered well past the posted end time of the event.

After the networking event, Dr. Alex Marker made a presentation on “Photovoltaic and Concentrating Solar Power Trough Technology” at a graduate seminar. The presentation was well received as many students are enthralled by the solar industry.

The cooperation with Alfred was the first event launched by SCHOTT’s Human Resources Tal-

ent for Tomorrow Program.

The program is a studentbased apprenticeship/mentorship program that is designed to draw high caliber students and recent college graduates to SCHOTT. The concept is focused around giving those types of students the opportunity to participate in: • Nationally-based summer internships and semesterlong co-ops in SCHOTT’s US manufacturing facilities.

• Internationally-based internships in SCHOTT’s European or Asian manufacturing facilities.

• The International Associate Development Program; an 18- to 24-month program for recent college graduates that includes a 3-month international assignment abroad and a permanent job if he/she does well.

“With the shortage of talent that is predicted for the future, a strong employer brand is essential for any company that hopes to attract the best talent to its organization,” explained Kevin. “And this event was just one of ways that we were able to showcase our brand.“ Info

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Dr. Alex Marker speaks with Alfred University students about solar energy.