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ZEISS Group

Annual Report
2024/25

Financial highlights

2024/25

Sustainability at ZEISS

Ideas and projects for the future
Sustainability at ZEISS Keyvisual
Sustainability at ZEISS Keyvisual

For ZEISS as a foundation-owned company, sustainability and business success are inextricably linked. ZEISS anchors sustainable value creation as an integral part of its business activities, which focus on innovative solutions that contribute to positive development in society and enable long-term, profitable growth.

ZEISS is also driving forward three focus topics and therefore actively contributing to the achievement of the United Nations’ Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In doing so, ZEISS can concentrate on the areas in which the company has particular opportunities to exert influence and can achieve the greatest impact for people and the environment.

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Highlights from the Fiscal Year

Thanks to its long-term investment strategy, balanced portfolio, international setup and globally oriented value chains, the ZEISS Group can look forward to a bright future. Some highlights from the fiscal year 2024/25 show the way in which we have already succeeded in shaping the future by making targeted investments in the past fiscal year.
ZEISS SMT has received the Reinhard von Koenig Prize for Technology and Progress for the development of High-NA-EUV lithography.

ZEISS receives Reinhard von Koenig Prize for Technology and Progress

ZEISS SMT, together with TRUMPF, has received the Reinhard von Koenig Prize for Technology and Progress for the development of High-NA EUV lithography and its industrial application. The teams received the award for their contribution to the production of more powerful microchips and thus to global technological competitiveness as well as to the security of digital infrastructure.

The new stadium tunnel of FC Carl Zeiss Jena is shaped like a ZEISS camera lens and is part of ZEISS’s sports sponsorship.

Stadium tunnel is now a ZEISS camera lens

ZEISS and FC Carl Zeiss Jena have inaugurated the new stadium tunnel in the ad hoc arena at Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld. The tunnel is shaped like a camera lens and is now part of the sports sponsorship portfolio at ZEISS. The black, extendable aluminum structure has an outer diameter of 3,190 millimeters and is mounted on rails, which allows the tunnel to be extended by almost 1,700 millimeters.

With ZEISS DuraVision Gold UV, ZEISS extends its lens coating portfolio to the premium-tier segment.

ZEISS’ new gold standard in lens coatings

With ZEISS DuraVision Gold UV, ZEISS extends its lens coating portfolio to include the premium-tier segment. The coating is designed for improved clear vision and is easier to clean. Its key selling points are the integration of a new cleaning technology as well as excellent durability and scratch resistance. The subtle golden reflex hue creates a luxurious look.

ZEISS LSM Lightfield 4D microscope

Instant volumetric high-speed imaging of living organisms

ZEISS Lightfield 4D redefines the way researchers observe living organisms, especially in the neurosciences, cancer research, developmental biology and plant sciences. It enables instant volumetric high-speed imaging, allowing researchers to image the dynamic processes of life in complete samples with unprecedented temporal resolution. Lightfield 4D is a new microscopy technology based on the light-field principle and can be integrated into the new ZEISS LSM 910 and LSM 990 confocal microscope systems.

Topping-out ceremony at the ZEISS high-tech site in Jena.

Topping-out ceremony at the high-tech site in Jena

In the spring, the topping-out ceremony, an important milestone for the new ZEISS high-tech site in Jena, was marked by a festive ceremony attended by representatives from ZEISS, the city of Jena and the Free State of Thuringia. The city and the high-tech site are a symbol of change at ZEISS, change that will combine innovation and transformation going forward. With around 3,500 employees, Jena is the second largest ZEISS site worldwide.

ZEISS Medical Technology nominated for the Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2025 (German Future Prize).

German Future Prize: short-listed for 2025

Dirk Mühlhoff, Dr. Mark Bischoff and Dr. Gregor Stobrawa have been nominated for the German Future Prize 2025 with their project on minimally invasive lenticule extraction. Together with the team from ZEISS Medical Technology, they developed the highly precise technology required for this: SMILE® with VISUMAX®. This technology enables surgeons to correct near-sightedness and farsightedness with and without astigmatism.

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