Carl Zeiss AG

Zeiss Microscopy opens Semiconductor Applications Lab

State-of-the-art innovation laboratory in Dresden, Germany, pushes the limits of advanced semiconductor applications.

Change of CEO at Zeiss in 2025

Andreas Pecher, currently an executive board member and responsible for the SMT segment, will become the new president and CEO of Carl Zeiss AG effective 1 April 2025.

Zeiss establishes new Photonics & Optics division

In October, the company plans to establish a new strategic business unit in which smaller, specialized units will be bundled in the future.

Zeiss completes acquisition of DORC

Companies now shift focus to integration implementation, fueling world-class innovation, and driving market expansion strategy for ophthalmic medical devices and surgery.

CT to perform rapid evaluations of 3D-printed components

ORNL’s machine-learning algorithm Simurgh is now licensed to be used for rapid evaluations of additively manufactured components with industrial X-ray computed tomography.

Change in the Carl Zeiss Executive Board

Susan-Stefanie Breitkopf joins the Executive Board in the role of Chief Transformation Officer (CTO). With the move to BSH Hausgeräte, Matthias Metz will leave the Executive Board. Effective July 1, 2022, Sven Hermann, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of Zeiss Vision Care, will succeed him.

Zeiss AG names future Chairman of the Supervisory Board

The Annual General Meeting of Carl Zeiss AG appointed Dr. Michael Bolle as a new member of the Supervisory Board. He is to be elected Chairman of the the Board in January 2022.

Zeiss reaches new all-time high in fiscal 2021

Zeiss achieved record sales and operating profit in fiscal year 2021 each. In addition, all divisions grew at double-digit rates. Group revenues, as a result, rose by 20 percent to EUR 7.5 billion and Ebit by 60 percent to EUR 1.48 billion, both compared to the previous year. Order intake grew to 8.97 billion euros, an increase of around 32 percent.

“175 years of innovation, passion and the courage to develop”

On 17 November 1846, young mechanic Carl Zeiss opened his workshop for precision mechanics and optics in Jena, thus laying the foundation for what would become the Zeiss group.

Personnel changes at Zeiss AG

Dr. Ludwin Monz, responsible for the Zeiss Medical Technology division, is leaving at the end of the year. His successor will be Dr. Markus Weber, currently member of the Management Board of Carl Zeiss AG and responsible for the Zeiss Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology division. Andreas Pecher will be the new head of the Zeiss Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology division and a member of the Board of Management of Carl Zeiss AG.

Zeiss IQS France Appoints New Managing Director

On September 1, 2021, Mustapha El Bouchouafi will succeed Cyril Aujard as Managing Director of Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions France.

Change of Managing Director at Carl Zeiss Jena

On August 1, 2021, Dr. Stefan Häberle will become Chairman of the Management Board of Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH. He succeeds Hellmuth Aeugle, who is retiring. Häberle will thus lead the subsidiary of Carl Zeiss AG together with Dr. Bernhardt Ohnesorge.

Zeiss opens research center in California

Zeiss opens a research and development center with associated production and customer service in Dublin, California. With this, the optics group wants to strengthen its presence in the San Francisco Bay Area. It invested 180 million US dollars for this purpose. Around 700 employees will be located there.

Zeiss acquires GOM

Zeiss has acquired GOM, a provider of hardware and software for automated 3D coordinate metrology, the industrial metrology and quality assurance portfolio of its Industrial Quality & Research division.

Zeiss acquires software supplier Guardus

Nokia smartphones to feature Zeiss optics