Carl Zeiss AG
Carl Zeiss AG ( , ), branded as
ZEISS, is a German manufacturer of
optical systems and
optoelectronics, founded in
Jena, Germany in 1846 by
optician Carl Zeiss. Together with
Ernst Abbe (joined 1866) and
Otto Schott (joined 1884) he laid the foundation for today's multinational company. The current company emerged from a reunification of Carl Zeiss companies in East and West Germany with a consolidation phase in the 1990s. ZEISS is active in four business segments with approximately equal revenue (Industrial Quality and Research, Medical Technology, Consumer Markets and Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology) in almost 50 countries, has 30 production sites and around 25 development sites worldwide.
Carl Zeiss AG is the holding of all subsidiaries within
Zeiss Group, of which
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG is the only one that is traded at the stock market. Carl Zeiss AG is owned by the foundation
Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung. The Zeiss Group has its headquarters in southern Germany, in the small town of
Oberkochen, with its second largest, and founding site, being Jena in eastern Germany. Also controlled by the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung is the glass manufacturer
Schott AG, located in
Mainz and Jena. Carl Zeiss is one of the oldest existing optics manufacturers in the world.
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