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Annual Report 2020/21 of the ZEISS Group
Challenging the Limits of Imagination
Seeing beyond for 175 years
For 175 years, ZEISS has been developing innovations that answer the question "How can we push the limits of our imagination?" In order to celebrate this vision, ZEISS has engaged in discussions with pioneers and leading figures from all over the world. They focus on the megatrends of our time and the associated challenges. As part of the ZEISS Beyond Talks, they share insights into their work, as well as visions, passions and topics that will have a major impact on the future.
Highlights from Fiscal Year
Shaping the Future
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. In the previous fiscal year, targeted investments helped ZEISS shape the future. Here are just some of the highlights from fiscal year 2020/21.

ZEISS and the Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden) are using the ZEISS Innovation Hub to further expand their strategic collaboration. The first Hub program focuses on research into organoid models. To work on it, Dr. Kai Wicker and his team have moved on the campus of the Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital – a stone's throw away from top experts in the field.
The vivo X60 Pro 5G features a camera system that was jointly developed by vivo and ZEISS. It allows users to capture outstanding images and videos. The new camera system meets ZEISS' image quality requirements and delivers exceptional, razor-sharp images. The X60 Pro is the first smartphone that is being brought to market as part of the strategic partnership between vivo and ZEISS.


At this year's Symposium "Optics in the Medical World" international experts discussed the role and the potential of optical technologies for medicine and healthcare. The close collaboration between science and industry is a key success factor when it comes to putting medical research into practice. The highlight of the celebration was the presentation of the ZEISS Research Award and the Carl Zeiss Award for Young Researchers.
ZEISS has completed construction of its new R&D, production, sales and customer service site in Dublin (California, USA) in the San Francisco Bay Area. Hundreds of ZEISS employees and key functions will come together under one roof. The new site in Dublin represents a further milestone in the company's strategy.


Augmented reality solutions support cross-divisional services at ZEISS. Teams at customers' sites can use the Microsoft HoloLens and work with specialists from the ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology segment located thousands of kilometers away to analyze problems and discuss possible solutions – without even needing to set foot on a plane.
To mark its 175th anniversary, ZEISS has donated five million euros to the future initiative for modernizing the Deutsches Museum in Munich. The company loaned the museum the ZEISS microscope "Stand VIIb" from 1879. It will form part of the new optics treasure chamber at the Deutsches Museum that is currently being built as part of the modernization.


Thanks to the combination of minimized light impact and high resolution, researchers use this lattice light sheet microscope to observe subcellular dynamics over several hours or days. This opens up new possibilities, in particular for cancer research or understanding the early stages of life.
At ZEISS Innovation Week, ZEISS Medical Technology unveiled the industry's first ever integrated solutions that offer customers real added value within the ZEISS Medical Ecosystem. This is a concept that networks systems, data and applications, thus supporting clinical efficiency and high performance.

Sustainable Development
Corporate responsibility
For ZEISS, business success is directly linked to corporate responsibility. The Carl Zeiss Foundation statutes have served as our guideline for over 130 years. Across five fields of action, ZEISS is building on its historical values and defining its responsibility for ensuring sustainable development.
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