Number of employees31,260 (30 September 2019)WebsiteCarl Zeiss AG ( German: ), branded as ZEISS, is a German manufacturer of and, founded in, Germany in 1846. Together with (joined 1866) and (joined 1884) he laid the foundation for today's multi-national 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 AG is the only one that is traded at the stock market. Carl Zeiss AG is owned by the foundation.
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The Zeiss Group has its headquarters in southern Germany, in the small town with its second largest and founding site being Jena in eastern Germany. Also controlled by the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung is the glass manufacturer, located in and Jena. Carl Zeiss is one of the oldest existing optics manufacturers in the world. The manufacturer Zeiss inopened an optics workshop in Jena in 1846.
By 1847 he was making microscopes full-time. By 1861 the Zeiss workshop was considered to be among the best scientific-instrument makers in Germany with about 20 people working in the company, and business growing quickly. By 1866 Zeiss sold their 1,000 th microscope.
In 1872 joined Zeiss and along with designed greatly improved lenses for the optical instruments they were producing. After Carl Zeiss's death in 1888, the business was incorporated as the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung in 1889.By, Zeiss was the world's largest location of camera production. Zeiss Ikon represented a significant part of the production along with dozens of other brands and factories, and also had major works at.In 1928 Hensoldt AG was acquired by Carl Zeiss and has produced the Zeiss binoculars and riflescopes since 1964, occasionally resulting in twin products being offered under both the Hensoldt and Zeiss brand names. The Hensoldt System Technology division (resulting from a merger of the military optics operations of and Hensoldt) was continued by Zeiss under the Hensoldt name until 2006.As part of Zwangsarbeiter program, Zeiss used during.The destruction of the war caused many companies to divide into smaller subcompanies and others to merge. There was great respect for the engineering innovation that came out of Dresden—before the war the world's first 35 mm, the, and the first miniature camera with good picture quality were developed there.At the end of the war, Jena was occupied by the. When Jena and Dresden were incorporated into the, later, some parts of Zeiss Jena were relocated by the US army to the Contessa manufacturing facility in, West Germany, while the remainder of Zeiss Jena was reestablished by the (eastern) as Kombinat VEB Zeiss Jena. The took most of the existing Zeiss factories and tooling as back to the Soviet Union, establishing the camera works.The western business was restarted in Oberkochen, southwestern Germany, as Opton Optische Werke Oberkochen GmbH in 1946, which became Zeiss-Opton Optische Werke Oberkochen GmbH in 1947, but was soon renamed to Carl Zeiss.
West German Zeiss products were labelled Opton for sale in the Eastern bloc, while East German Zeiss products were labelled 'Zeiss Jena' or simply 'Jena' for sale in Western countries.In 1973, the Western Carl Zeiss AG entered into a licensing agreement with the Japanese camera company to produce a series of high-quality 35 mm film cameras and lenses bearing the and Zeiss brand names. This collaboration continued under Yashica's successor, until the latter ceased all camera production in 2005. Zeiss later produced lenses for the space industry and, more recently, has again produced high-quality 35 mm camera lenses. The eastern Zeiss Jena was also well known for producing high-quality products.Following, VEB Zeiss Jena — reckoned as one of the few East German firms that was even potentially able to compete on a global basis — became Zeiss Jena GmbH, which became Jenoptik Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH in 1990. In 1991, Jenoptik Carl Zeiss Jena was split in two, with Carl Zeiss AG (Oberkochen) taking over the company's divisions for microscopy and other precision optics (effectively reuniting the pre-war Carl Zeiss enterprise) and moving its and divisions back to Jena. GmbH was split off as a specialty company in the areas of, and.The Hensoldt AG was renamed Carl Zeiss Sports Optics GmbH on 1 October 2006.The companies of the Zeiss Gruppe in and around Dresden have branched into new technologies: screens and products for the, for example.Today, there are arguably three companies with primarily Zeiss Ikon heritage: Zeiss Germany, the Finnish/Swedish Ikon (which bought the West German Zeiss Ikon AG), and the independent eastern Zeiss Ikon.A division called Carl Zeiss Vision produces lenses for eyeglasses. In 2005, the eyeglass division merged with U.S.
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Company SOLA, which included the former American Optical Company.On 28 June 2013, Carl Zeiss officially announced its plan to rename the brand from 'Carl Zeiss' to simply 'Zeiss'. All the products will be standardized under the Zeiss brand.In April 2019, Zeiss announced the acquisition of -based GOM. Innovations. Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515 with Klio shutter and Nettar ƒ/4.5 lensAfter the partitioning of Germany, a new Carl Zeiss optical company was established in Oberkochen, while the original Zeiss firm in Jena continued to operate.
At first, both firms produced very similar lines of products, and extensively cooperated in product-sharing, but they drifted apart as time progressed. Jena's new direction was to concentrate on developing lenses for 35 mm single-lens reflex cameras, and many achievements were made, especially in ultra-wide angle designs.
In addition to that, Oberkochen also worked on designing lenses for the 35 mm single-lens reflex camera, for the camera, for large format cameras like the, interchangeable front element lenses such as for the 35 mm single-lens reflex and other types of cameras.Since the beginning of Zeiss as a photographic lens manufacturer, it has had a licensing programme, allowing other manufacturers to produce its lenses. Over the years its licensees included, Ross, Koristka, Krauss,. In the 1970s, the western operation of Zeiss-Ikon collaborated with Yashica to produce the new cameras, and many of the Zeiss lenses for this camera, among others, were produced by Yashica's optical arm, Tomioka. As Yashica's owner ended camera production in 2006, and Yashica lenses were then made by, who also manufactured most of the new Zeiss designs for the new Zeiss Ikon coupled rangefinder camera.
Another licensee active today is who uses the Zeiss name on lenses on its video and digital still cameras.Business relationships Zeiss has licensed its name and/or technology to various other companies, including, Yashica, Sony,. The nature of the collaboration varies, from co-branding optics designed by another firm (e.g., Sony) to complete optical design and manufacturing (e.g., Hasselblad).On 27 April 2005, the company announced a collaboration with in the camera phone market, with Zeiss providing camera optics. Zeiss will again provide optics for Nokia products through a collaboration with announced on 6 July 2017. 2004 Zeiss Ikon rangefinder with 35mm ƒ/2 Biogon lens. Zeiss cameras Zeiss ZX digital cameras The Zeiss ZX1 full-frame 35mm F/2 large-sensor compact camera was announced during Photokina 2018 with the slogan 'Shoot – Edit – Share'. The camera incorporates Adobe editing capacities, and an internal 512GB SSD affording 6,800 DNG-format RAW images or 50,000 JPEG-format compressed images.
Zeiss Ikon film cameras Zeiss Ikon is a camera brand related to Carl Zeiss, but was an independent company formed by the merger of four camera makers (Contessa-Nettel, Ernemann, Goerz and Ica) in 1926. Much of the capital came from Zeiss which also provided most of the lenses and shutters for the cameras. Among the founders was August Nagel of Contessa-Nettel, who left the company in 1928 to form the Nagel Works, and in 1932, his company was bought by Kodak. After World War II, Japanese Nippon Kogaku offered the 'Nikon' camera, and Zeiss Ikon prevented some European distribution under the theory that 'Nikon' was an infringement on their brand name.The earliest Zeiss Ikon cameras were a range of medium and large format folding cameras, for film and glass plate photography.
The most expensive was the Universal Juwel (Jewel) an Ica-designed glass plate camera with origins in 1909. This was a favorite of both. Despite German production, the folding Super Ikonta was among the mainstays of British Army photographers during World War II.In 1932 Zeiss Ikon introduced the Contax line of 35mm rangefinder cameras, in an attempt to compete with the Leica series, from Leitz, another giant in German optics. Though it had more features, the first Contax, the Contax I, was overly complicated and had problems with quality. However, in 1936, the Contax II upstaged the Leica in many ways and became the favorite of many renowned photographers and journalists, including. A second 35mm camera, the Contax III, was mechanically identical with a light meter grafted to the top of the camera.After World War II, the Soviets removed the Contax factory to Kiev, as war reparations, and produced the Contax II and III cameras under the Kiev brand.
The first Kiev cameras were identical except for logos, thus Zeiss Ikon was forced to redesign their cameras to be competitive. These were named the Contax IIa and IIIa, and were smaller, lighter, and less complex than the original designs. But by the time the IIa and IIIa hit the market, they faced strong competition from many European and Asian brands, notably the visually similar Nikon which was a high quality camera sharing the same lens-mount and most of the features.By the mid-1950s, Zeiss Ikon was focusing on and while offering rangefinders, they were not adding features and became uncompetitive with Japanese brands including Canon, Yashica, Minolta, and Nikon. The single-lens reflex cameras were viable in the mid 1950s, but soon lost market share to the Japanese brands.More recent 35mm rangefinder cameras are simply named 'Zeiss Ikon.' The most recent 'Zeiss Ikon' rangefinder camera was an camera with automatic exposure, introduced by Zeiss in 2004, manufactured in Japan by Cosina, and now discontinued.Camera lenses Cinema lenses Carl Zeiss AG has long been renowned for its motion picture lenses.
Zeiss manufactures prime and zoom lenses for 35mm, 16mm, and 65mm film production. They also make lenses for digital cinema and high definition video. Zeiss is mainly known in the trade for their association with the German camera manufacturer for whom they currently produce lenses. Zeiss Milvus ƒ/1.4 50 mmZeiss produces Milvus lenses for the Nikon F-mount (ZF.2) and Canon EF lens mount (ZE), covering the 35mm format. The 15/2.8, 21/2.8, 35/2, 50/2, 100/2, and 135/2 are carried over from the previous Z-series (now referred to as Zeiss Classic).Super-rotator lenses These are 360° tilt/shift lenses (based on Zeiss medium format lens designs) for 35 mm format including full-frame digital. Available mounts: Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony Alpha/Konica Minolta/Minolta A mount.
Other mounts on request. Manual focus only, no electronics. Manufactured in Germany and Ukraine.
Superrotator Carl Zeiss Distagon T✻ IF 1:4.0 40 mm. Hartblei Superrotator Carl Zeiss Planar T✻ 1:2.8 80 mm. Hartblei Superrotator Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar T✻ 1:4.0 120 mmNASA Zeiss is currently in the process of designing the optical components for the set to replace the sometime in 2021. A unique triplet of ultra-fast lenses originally created by Zeiss for NASA's lunar program had the distinction of being reused by in the filming of his historical drama. The period atmosphere of the film demanded that several indoor scenes be filmed by candlelight. To facilitate this, Kubrick had the lenses modified to mount onto a cinema camera and two of them subsequently further modified in separate ways to give wider angles of view.
Nokia 808 PureView with Zeiss lens Smartphone lenses Zeiss worked with Nokia, and later with as they continued production of the Lumia series. The features a lens custom-developed by Zeiss for its; as did its successor, the.
The and also used Zeiss optics. In 2017, Zeiss again provided optics for Nokia products through a collaboration with, beginning with the. ZA lenses ZA ('Zeiss Alpha') lenses are designed and manufactured by Sony in Japan, and co-branded with the Zeiss name.
Sony and Zeiss collaboratively set design and quality parameters for ZA lenses. A-mount ZA-lenses fit the Sony Alpha//. They are fully dedicated autofocus lenses with eight electrical contacts, ROM-IC, and distance encoder ('(D)-function' to support flash). Zeiss pocketZeiss offers a wide range of products related to optics and vision. These include camera and cine lenses, microscopes and microscopy software, and, eyeglasses and lenses, and dome video-systems, optical sensors, industrial metrology systems and products. Even video glasses belong to the product range.
In the summer of 2012, the new video glasses Cinemizer OLED were to come on the market. In addition to the viewing of 2D and 3D movies, it will be possible to play when fitted with the equipment.The largest part of Carl Zeiss AG's revenue is generated by its Semiconductor Manufacturing Technologies division, which produces lithographic systems for the semiconductor industry, as well as process control solutions (electron microscopes, mask repair tools, ). Sports Optics Carl Zeiss Sports Optics division produces rifle, spotting scopes, binoculars, and distance measuring devices for outdoors enthusiasts. The three main product lines are the Conquest line, which is manufactured in Germany and assembled in the United States, and Victory line, which is produced entirely in Germany, and the Terra line, which is made in Asia.Since 2019 the following Zeiss sport optics products series are in production: Binoculars. Terra. Conquest HD. Victory HT.
Victory SF. Victory RF range finding binoculars. 20x60 T. SSpotting scopes.
Dialyt. Conquest Gavia. Victory HarpiaRifle scopes. Conquest V4. Conquest V6. Victory HT.
Victory V8Medical Solutions This branch of Carl Zeiss is managed. It is divided in Ophthalmology/Optometry, Neurosurgery, ENT, Spine, P&R, Dentistry, Radiotherapy and Gynecology.Vision Care Carl Zeiss Vision Care division develops, manufactures and distributes, and dispensary technologies and services. Zeiss is known for ophthalmic lenses made from high glass, allowing stronger prescription lenses to be thinner.Their progressive lens ZEISS Progressive Individual has won multiple awards including the OLA awards in 2009 presented at Washington, D.C. And the in 2014 at Mumbai, India. Industrial metrology Zeiss Industrial Metrology specializes in high-accuracy measurement systems, including (CMMs), measurement machines (non-medical), optical measuring equipment, metrology software and measurement sensor systems.
The Industrial Metrology subsidiary provides this equipment to a wide range of manufacturing facilities worldwide.Zeiss has manufactured coordinate measuring machines since 1919, offering very basic manually operated CMMs. In 1973, Zeiss introduced the UMM 500, using a Zeiss sensor system and computer.
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