Company celebrates 200th birthday of founding father Carl Zeiss

Carl Friedrich Zeiss was born in the German city of Weimar on 11 September 1816. The company ZEISS is celebrating the 200th birthday of its founding father by organizing many different activities and events – in addition to the Carl Zeiss Day on 11 September 2016 in downtown Jena, there will also be a touring exhibition and a book.

 

ZEISS will celebrate its prominent founder together with players from the city of Jena, the ZEISS sites in Germany and abroad, and partners from science, industry and society. On the website www.zeiss.de/carlzeiss200 the company will provide an event calendar in which institutions can enter the events they will hold to mark the 200th birthday of Carl Zeiss.

The mechanic Carl Zeiss opened a small workshop for precision mechanics and optics in Jena in 1846, laying the foundation for today's global technology player ZEISS. "His work shaped the reputation of the city of Jena as an international center for optics and photonics and home to globally operating companies and prestigious research institutes," said Jörg Nitschke, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications at ZEISS.

Image: Jörg Nitschke, Head of Corporate Communications at ZEISS (left), Wilfried Röpke, Head of JenaWirtschaft, with partners from the city of Jena presenting the logo created by ZEISS to celebrate the 200th birthday of its founder on 11 September 2016.
Photo: Courtesy of ZEISS/Jürgen Scheere

Jörg Nitschke
Group Spokesman
Carl Zeiss AG
Phone: +49 7364 20-3242
joerg.nitschke@zeiss.com

Gudrun Vogel
Carl Zeiss
Corporate Communications
Jena Site
Phone: +49 3641 64-2770
Fax: +49 3641 64-2941
gudrun.vogel@zeiss.com



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