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Carl Zeiss AG
ZEISS, formerly known as Carl Zeiss AG, is a German manufacturer of optical
systems and optoelectronics, founded in 1846 in Jena (Germany) by optician
Carl Zeiss. It was the first company to produce high-quality microscopes at a
large scale. Today, ZEISS is active in four (equally large)
business segments
in nearly 50 countries, has 30 production sites and approx. 25 development
sites worldwide, and is headquartered in Oberkochen.
All ZEISS subsidaries fall under the holding Carl Zeiss AG,
which itself is owned by the
Carl Zeiss Foundation (Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung) [1].
During World War II (WWII),
Zeiss made optical systems for the
German war machine. After the war, most of the production site in Jena fell
into Russian hands and was relocated to the Soviet Union to form the
Arsenal factory in Kiev (Ukraine).
Which help from the Americans, part of the old company in Jena
was relocated to Oberkochen in West-Germany, where it remains to this day.
During the Cold War (1947-1991),
the production sites in Jena and Dresden were located in East-Germany (DDR)
and were nationalised as Kombinat VEB Zeiss Jena — also known
as Kombinat CZJ. Apart from lenses for consumer
cameras like Contax and Pentacon,
the company also produced optical
and optoelectronic equipment
for the repressive security service of the DDR
– the Stasi – some of which is featured
on this website.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall
in 1989 and the subsequent reunification
of East and West Germany, the two ZEISS companies were reunified in 1990.
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ZEISS products on this website
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ZEISS is known under the following (former) names:
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- ZEISS
- Carl Zeiss
- Carl Zeiss AG
- Carl Zeiss Jena
- Zeiss Jena GmbH
- Jenoptik Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
- Jenoptik GmbH (split-off)
- Zeiss Ikon Kamerawerke (Dresden)
- Zeiss Group
- Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
- Opton Optische Werke Oberkochen GmbH (1946)
- Zeiss-Opton Optische Werke Oberkochen GmbH (1947)
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Below is a non-exhaustive list of ZEISS subsidaries:
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- Hensolt AG (1928-2006)
- Carl Zeiss Sports Optics GmbH
- Carl Zeiss Vision
- Schott AG
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- Industrial Quality and Research
- Medical Technology
- Consumer Markets
- Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
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