ZEISS Celebrates 175 Years of Innovation, Passion and the Courage to Develop17.11.2021 10:00:00 CET | Press release
175 years ago, young mechanic Carl Zeiss opened his workshop for precision mechanics and optics in Jena, thus laying the foundation for what would become ZEISS. To mark this special day, the company ran a celebration event. The virtual event took place on 16 November 2021 at the Volkshaus, in the company's founding city Jena. During the virtual event, Dr. Karl Lamprecht, President and CEO of the ZEISS Group, praised the company's successful past, celebrated its present and shared his outlook on the future. "ZEISS' unique history and its exceptional achievements make it a truly extraordinary company. Its 175 years also demonstrate the company's high level of resilience and its willingness to accept change. And, above all, ZEISS' tremendous passion, coupled with its pioneering spirit and its pragmatism in challenging and pushing the limits of the technically feasible," said Dr. Lamprecht. "175 years of ZEISS are more than just a historical milestone in our corporate history. It's also wh