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Light kindles a connection between SCHOTT CERAN ®
kitchen appliances and the people who
use them. It is a long-established design BRILLIANT COLOURED LIGHTING
and functional element in the kitchen.
In the case of glass-ceramic cooktops, ADDED TO COOKTOP PANELS
however, lighting applications beyond
the classic red 7-segment display have interesting consequences for induc- 150 million units, making SCHOTT
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been difficult to implement due to the tion technology, which, unlike gas or Ceran the world’s bestselling cooktop
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special transmission behaviour of the electric stoves, has yet to accommodate brand. The black Ceran glass-ceramic
glass-ceramic material. To address advanced visual feedback. The lighting cooktop, produced without the toxic
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lighting design issues, SCHOTT is portfolio from Ceran Excite provides heavy metals arsenic and antimony, is
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introducing Ceran Excite , a portfolio new possibilities in the user design an integral part of modern kitchen con-
of light-optimized materials, filters, and interface of cooktops, drawing attention cepts, enjoying wide global popularity
coatings that enable LED light sources to cooking zones for greater safety and due to its durability and the flexible use
mounted under the cooktop to shine an emotional connection with the cook. of heating technology (compatible with
through with clarity and brightness. For Appliance manufacturers can also inte- gas, induction, and electric ranges).
example, white light shines four times grate high-tech smart functions such as In the fall of 2016, SCHOTT intro-
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brighter than in conventional cook- light symbols, monochrome, and even duced Miradur , a unique scratch-re-
tops. The portfolio supports household high-resolution TFT displays, which sistant coating that significantly reduces
appliance manufacturers in realizing are very popular among fans of cooking signs of wear, such as scratches from
customized solutions, and leading technology. sand particles or abrasion marks from
brands have already launched products “Light is a highly emotional component cleaning sponges. SCHOTT Ceran Mi-
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with the new Ceran Excite technolo- that makes products more exciting. As radur has become a cooktop of long-
gies. The portfolio was presented at the an interface of interaction, it can visually lasting beauty. Its scratch resistance was
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SCHOTT Ceran Experience 2018 support many of the cooktop’s func- recently verified in independent tests
at ewerk Berlin – an exclusive industry tions, meeting the high demands of us- by TÜV Rheinland, one of the world’s
event parallel to IFA 2018. ers,” says Dr. Joern Besinger, Head of leading technical service providers of
Designers want flexible lighting op- Product Management & New Business testing and product certification.
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tions, such as allowing adaptable light Development at SCHOTT Ceran . Ceran Excite now complements
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indicators in the control and cooking SCHOTT Ceran was introduced to SCHOTT’s comprehensive product
zones, and light displays that follow a the market in 1971 as the first black portfolio for the cooking sector with an
pan when it moves across the cooktop. glass-ceramic for cooking. It has been engaging lighting component, enabling
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Ceran Excite solutions can help make constantly refined and enhanced ever the company to offer its global custom-
that happen. The international technol- since. Since its market launch, the ers and partners a wide range of pos-
ogy group SCHOTT has optimized original formulation has sold more than sibilities for innovative product design.
glass-ceramic for light displays in
controls and cooking zone areas.
The materials can be supplemented with CORNING
coating and filter solutions that enhance
the colour location of light elements, GORILLA GLASS SIXTH GENERATION
light shaping, and homogeneous light
distribution. Gorilla Glass is a brand of specialized toughened glass developed and manufactured
This enables light to be smoothly guided by Corning. This glass is now in its sixth generation and is designed to be thin and
through the glass-ceramic in a defined damage-resistant. Gorilla Glass is unique to Corning, but its close equivalents do
pattern with sharp contours. When exist including Asahi Glass Company Dragontrail and Schott AG Xensation. How-
switched off, the cooktop has a homo- ever, what makes Gorilla Glass special is the fact that every time a new smartphone is
geneous black surface. being launched and especially a flagship, the smartphone makers literally brag about
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The Ceran Excite portfolio enables the fact that there is a Corning Gorilla Glass used in
lighting elements to be used throughout their device.
the cooktop – even in the cooktop’s This company claims that Gorilla Glass has been in-
heated zones, where high cooking stalled on 6 billion devices worldwide since its debut
temperatures have to be endured. These in 2007 and more than 45 brands use the glass on
lighting concepts have particularly their device. The brand is truly a ‘gentle giant’.

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