Gallery of Modern Panels

ROBAX® Fire viewing panels and Design in dialog

SCHOTT ROBAX®

Gallery of Modern Panels

February 24 to 28, 2016 in Verona, Italy

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SCHOTT is an international technology group with 130

years of experience in special glass, special materials and

advanced technology. With our high-quality products

and intelligent solutions, we contribute to our customers’

success and make SCHOTT part of everyone’s life.

The ROBAX® brand by SCHOTT is also on the road to

success. With over 75 million ROBAX® fire viewing panels

sold in 35 years, SCHOTT has become one of the leading

manufacturers in the heat-resistant, transparent materials

sector. ROBAX® is IN FRONT. Through an exceptional

range of products and services, we make the most of our

market opportunities in the fireplace manufacturing

sector. As a driver for product, market and sales ideas,

SCHOTT anticipates customers’ desires before they are

even fully formulated.

STYLES COME AND GO. GOOD DESIGN IS A LANGUAGE, NOT A STYLE.

Massimo Vignelli, Designer

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ROBAX® fire viewing panels speak the language of fireplace design. Our products speak for themselves! In the ROBAX® design language. Design brings fire viewing panels into the conversation. Bringing people and panels into a dialog. That’s why we invented the Gallery of Modern Panels. It’s the place where design breathes. The Gallery of Modern Panels has a central message: To inspire and redesign the world of fireplaces from scratch. ROBAX® is the fire viewing panel that makes this possible.

Letting design do the talking.

Stefan Marc SchmidtVice President Marketing & Sales Home Tech, SCHOTT AG

STEP OUTROBAX® fire viewing panels and outdoor fireplaces

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Outdoor living – At one with nature.ROBAX® fire viewing panels break the rules. Get out of the predetermined structures of the fireplace world. Let’s go outdoors. That’s where outdoor fireplaces thrive and people liven up. More and more people want to enjoy their garden, terrace, or balcony all year round, as well spending time outdoors on colder summer evenings or in the winter.* ROBAX® fire viewing panels allow just that but with the maximum level of safety. As well as providing maximum joy through the panoramic view of the fire.

* 79 % of respondents agreed with this statement in a representative survey of 100 garden, terrace, and balcony owners, July 2014, Germany.

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50 % of respondents were interested in an outdoor fireplace with a fire viewing panel.*

* Representative survey of 100 garden, terrace, and balcony owners, July 2014, Germany.The following outdoor fireplace designs are protected by copyright. Making copies of any kind, using such for display purposes or for any other uses shall only be permitted after consultation with the owners.

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One in four households would buy an outdoor fireplace with a fire viewing panel. And they would spend up to EUR 1,800 on it.*

* Representative survey of 100 garden, terrace, and balcony owners, July 2014, Germany.

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* Representative survey of 100 garden, terrace, and balcony owners, July 2014, Germany.

Respondents wanted lots of glass-ceramic* in order to be able to see the fire as good as possible.

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What’s your nextmilestone?

Let’s design!

A new fireplace world, for example.

NEWPERSPECTIVESAngular bent ROBAX® fire viewing panels made from one piece of glass-ceramic

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A one-piece of art.ROBAX® lets people enjoy uninterrupted views of the fire. Some call it style. Other angular bent ROBAX® panels made from one piece of glass-ceramic. According to consumer opinion, these combine expected ROBAX® quality with moder-nity, timelessness, elegance, aesthetics and a sense of style.*

* Representative survey of 300 people planning to buy a fireplace (in the next five years) conducted by an independent market research company, 11/2014, Germany.

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44 % of respondents want an angular bent fire viewing panel made from one piece of glass-ceramic. 72 % of them would spend more money on such, an average of EUR 626.*

* Representative survey of 300 people planning to buy a fireplace (in the next five years) conducted by an independent market research company, 11/2014, Germany.

PANELS ON TOPFireplace design with ROBAX® Ambience

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The new covering of the world of fireplaces.Who says that glass-ceramic can only be placed in front of the fire? We open up possibilities. For example, with ROBAX® Ambience, exterior paneling for fireplaces. It redefines new fireplace design, it inspires, it breathes life into fireplace design, and it is very much in vogue.

BLACK ON WHITECertified ROBAX® fire viewing panels

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Certification of the entire production and product inspection process.

Certification of material properties in terms of heat resistance and impact resistance.*

*Manufacturer: SCHOTT AG, Mainz /Applicant: SCHOTT North America.

TÜV and UL certified – A safety privilege.ROBAX® fire viewing panels have it all: Confidence, safety and effortlessly enjoyable fireplaces.Here’s the proof in black and white:

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Charles Eames, Designer

THE DETAILS ARE NOT THE DETAILSTHEY MAKE THE

DESIGN.

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Home Tech SCHOTT AGHattenbergstrasse 1055122 MainzGermany Phone: +49 (0)6131/66-2 54 31Fax: +49 (0)3641/28 88-91 62info.robax@schott.comwww.schott.com/robax

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