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1876
| First record of a direct sale of a Zeiss microscope from Jena, Germany, to U.S. (Wellesley College, Massachusetts).
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 | 1880's - 1920's | Increased sales of Zeiss optical instruments in U.S. by agents & distributors.
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| 1925 | Carl Zeiss, Inc., incorporated in New York State with sales & service offices at 485 Fifth Ave.
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| 1932 | First Zeiss planetarium in U.S. installed at Adler Planetarium, Chicago.
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| 1960's | Move to enlarged offices at 444 Fifth Ave. Major products are laboratory microscopes, electron microscopes, surgical microscopes, ophthalmic instruments, surveying instruments, industrial lenses, planetaria, cameras & binoculars.
Branch offices established in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, & Washington, DC.
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| 1970's | Major expansion of surgical microscopes into ophthalmology, otolaryngology, reconstructive surgery & neurosurgery.
Establishment of industrial metrology division in Hawthorne, New York.
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| 1976 | Zeiss wins Technical Academy Award for high-speed movie camera lenses. Lenses used by Stanley Kubrick for film, "2001".
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| 1980's | Zeiss industrial metrology moves to Minneapolis with purchase of Numerex Corp., a manufacturer of industrial measuring machines.
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| 1982 | Corporate headquarters moves from NYC to Thornwood, New York.
Purchase of Humphrey Instruments, San Leandro, California, a major manufacturer of ophthalmic diagnostic instruments.
Consumer products group moves to Petersburg, Virginia.
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| 1990's | Consolidation of Zeiss business units in U.S. into five groups: laboratory microscopy, surgical products, ophthalmic instruments, industrial metrology, & consumer optics.
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| 2001 | Zeiss wins 2nd Technical Academy Award for advanced zoom movie camera lenses. Best picture of the year "Shakespeare In Love", filmed with new lenses.
New Hayden Planetarium at Rose Center For Earth & Space opens in Manhattan with advanced Zeiss Mark IX projector.
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| 2002 | Mark IX projector installed at new planetaria in Oakland, California, & St. Louis, Missouri. |