While Germany was a divided country, Carl Zeiss led separate lives in both parts: One company operated in the eastern part of the country, another in the western part of the severed republic. After World War II, Thuringia was originally occupied... More

We are surrounded by products made from glass every day – drinking glasses, window panes, storage surfaces in the refrigerator – and – of course – in eyeglasses we wear to correct our vision problems. More

  The classroom is so quiet; you could hear a pin drop. The class in home room 9c - 28 boys and girls are sitting in their chairs, enthralled and excited, looking forward to the next step. Every student is wearing a futuristic lookin... More

According to a recent study performed by the ARD/ZDF Media Commission, more than 60 percent of all Germans use the Internet on a daily basis. The time spent online averages two hours – actually, ample time to use the Internet for the purpose of ... More

Equipped with binoculars and spotting scopes, bird watchers await this moment with the greatest of patience: The lens captures a bird. Of course, it’s not just any bird – it is indeed one of those rare magnificent miracles of nature, such as the... More

The Lord of the Rings, King Kong, Perfume and The Baader-Meinhof Complex... All of these movies have one thing in common: They were all shot with Carl Zeiss film lenses. Leading international movie production companies bet on the outstanding precision, maximum con... More

The ever improving performance of storage media and processors or chips continues to increasingly define our lives. It delivers precision on the smallest of surfaces. Chip factories in the semiconductor industry rely very heavily on ZEISS top performance lenses fo... More

Figuring out the most important term that defines performance and the element that drives Carl Zeiss takes just one look at its more than 160 ... More

People have always liked to keep their memories documented in pictures and they still do today: The dream beach they visited on vacation, their baby’s first smile or a bunch of boisterous friends at a birthday party. Thanks to today’s rapidly progressing digital i... More

Carl Zeiss has been involved in research into the interaction between glass and the living human eye for 160 years. The company has been a pioneer in virtually all optical disciplines. Carl Zeiss’ research has given the world numerous inventions and brand new deve... More

Some might think that every pair of spectacles is the same. Well, they would be mistaken, because there are many small things – such as measuring and manufacturing precision, quality materials, state-of-the-art technologies and quality checks... More

Over 40 years ago, the first man landed on the moon: July 20, 1969, 9.17 PM CET. Back then, 600 million fascinated people were staring at their TV screens watching the Apollo 11 space capsule landing on the moon. Carl Zeiss optical instruments were on board. Techn... More