Yenting Chen, Taipei; Joy Wan

 

Germany-based glass maker Schott, tapping the touch panel market, is introducing its Xensation Cover glass products to the Asia-Pacific market. According to Ulrich Ackermann, executive vice president of Schott, devices with touch applications will continue growing strongly and the company has installed an annual capacity of one million square meters of cover glass.

Schott offers glass products for both capacitive and resistive touchscreens, and the Xensation series also include curved glass.

Sales in the Asia Pacific market have already reached 20% of Schott's total revenues, the company said.

Schott operates a total of 10 production lines around the world, but manufacturing of Xensation glass is currently based in Germany.

Ackermann said the company does not rule out the possibility of adding production lines in Asia Pacific to get closer to the market and better serve the needs of local clients.

Schott expects its sales in Taiwan to total US$80 million in 2011, chiefly from materials and thin glass.