Photo: Child that flies a kite with ZEISS logo. Technical Milestones
1995 until 1999
1999
Carl Zeiss receives a Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the design and execution of the “Variable Prime Lenses“, three zoom lenses for 35 mm ARRI movie cameras

IOLMaster®: measurement of all parameters required for the insertion of intraocular lenses after cataract surgery, possible for the first time using a non-contact technique

The Starlith® 700 optical system allows the volume production of the 0.13 µm structures required for microprocessors with clocking frequencies of over 1 gigahertz and highly integrated, ultrafast memory devices of 256 MB

Photodynamic therapy of age-related macula degeneration in the eye

1998
Ultra High Throughput Screening System – a highly efficient configuration developed jointly by Hoffmann La Roche and Carl Zeiss to aid the search for new drugs in pharmaceutical research

1997
Startup of the world’s largest ring laser gyroscope for measuring the earth’s rotation

1996
LFA® (Lens Frame Assistant) System to facilitate eyeglass lens and frame recommendation for eyecare professionals. The patient sees immediately what his or her new eyeglasses will look like.

New high-performance lenses for semiconductor fabrication make 256 Mbit DRAMs possible

1995
ScanMax® – computer-assisted measuring machine for the shopfloor


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