Innovations to Shape the Future

Segments of the ZEISS Group

The ZEISS Group is one of the world’s leading technology companies. It has an innovative portfolio that is geared toward attractive future-oriented markets in optics, precision mechanics and optoelectronics. For more than 175 years, the company has been shaping technological progress, advancing the world of optics with solutions from its four segments and meeting its customers’ needs.

Segments of the ZEISS Group

  • Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology

    Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology

    • Semiconductor Manufacturing Optics
    • Semiconductor Mask Solutions
    • Process Control Solutions

    A large proportion of all microchips worldwide are produced using ZEISS technologies. As a technology leader in the field of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, ZEISS enables the production of ever smaller, more powerful and more energy-efficient microchips, and thus plays a pivotal role in the age of micro- and nanoelectronics.

  • Industrial Quality & Research

    Industrial Quality & Research

    • Industrial Quality Solutions
    • Research Microscopy Solutions

    ZEISS ensures quality standards and enables scientific research wherever maximum precision is indispensable: with coordinate measuring machines, optical, multisensory systems and X-ray systems, microscope systems of high resolution and smart software for industrial quality assurance, as well as research and material inspection. ZEISS plays its part by ensuring that even the tiniest structures and processes become visible.

  • Medical Technology

    Medical Technology

    • Ophthalmology
    • Microsurgery

    ZEISS’ long-term goal is to make a lasting mark on ophthalmology and microsurgery. True to its pioneering spirit, the segment develops innovative technologies, digital solutions and specific applications for clinical workflows, enabling customers to preserve people’s sight well into old age and fight brain tumors.

  • ZEISS Consumer Markets

    Consumer Markets

    • Vision Care
    • Consumer Products

    As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of eyeglass lenses, ZEISS stands for maximum visual comfort. ZEISS movie and camera lenses, technologies for smartphone photography as well as spotting scopes and riflescopes offer outstanding optical quality for users with exacting requirements. In every moment that counts.

At Home across the Globe

A great deal has happened since ZEISS opened its first branch outside Germany in London in 1893. Today, the ZEISS Group is represented in around 50 countries. Around 43,000 employees work at more than 60 sales and service sites, 35 research and development facilities, and 35 production facilities worldwide. The company is headquartered in Oberkochen (Baden-Württemberg, Germany).

  • 12.500

    About 12.500 patents worldwide

  • 46.485

    Worldwide around 46.500 employees

  • 6.951

    Around 7.000 employees in Research & Development worldwide

  • 822

    Worldwide around 800 trainees and students

Corporate governance

For ZEISS, acting lawfully and responsibly, and managing the company in a transparent manner that is focused on its long-term success are fundamental principles of its corporate policy.

With its corporate governance structure, ZEISS ensures that legal provisions, the Carl Zeiss Foundation statutes and the company’s internal directives are observed in line with compliance provisions.

The Code of Conduct is a core element of the compliance management system of the ZEISS Group. It summarizes the rudiments and principles of action that form the basis of responsible conduct. The Code of Conduct is binding upon all ZEISS employees and is published on the company’s website.

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