ZEISS opens modern research and production facility

Jena, Germany / Chesterfield, USA | September 30, 2024 | Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

ZEISS Medical Technology invests continuously in its international locations and opens a new state-of-the-art research and production facility in Chesterfield (Missouri, USA) on October 1, 2024. ZEISS expanded the range of surgical instruments it offers when it acquired the two Chesterfield-based companies Kogent Surgical LLC and Katalyst Surgical LCC in 2022. Additional building space was acquired for these product areas and converted into modern production and office space.

"With the expansion, we offer our local team a highly attractive working environment. At the same time, we are increasing our capacities in response to the growing success of our business," emphasizes Magnus Reibenspiess, Head of the Microsurgery strategic business unit.

The ZEISS corporate strategy includes expanding the global production network, aimed in part at strengthening the company’s operational excellence. More than 160 people work at the Chesterfield site, and the new building will expand the overall area to 64,500 square feet. It includes modern research and production facilities and a 2,300 square feet ISO 7-certified clean room.

"The new space will help us to optimize the production processes in Chesterfield by improving material flows – thus increasing our productivity while maintaining our high-quality levels," says Hartmut A. Koenig, Head of ZEISS Competence Center Chesterfield. "We are confident that the new building complex will help us to strengthen our position in the surgical instrument market."

Home to more than 2,000 companies and providing jobs for over 42,000 employees, Chesterfield is a powerful economic hub in the westernmost part of St. Louis County, Missouri (USA).

“St. Louis County continues to demonstrate that this is the place for innovative companies to expand their global reach,” said St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page. “We welcome ZEISS to Chesterfield and appreciate the investment they are making in our region.”

ZEISS has been driving progress in medical technology for more than 100 years. The company develops and produces ophthalmological and microsurgical instruments at its site in Chesterfield. Learn more about electrosurgical instruments from ZEISS at https://www.zeiss.com/meditec/en/products/microsurgical-instruments.html.