ZEISS generates just under 90 percent of its business outside Germany. With revenue totaling €548 million, ZEISS was particularly successful in the Asia/Pacific (APAC) region in the first six months of fiscal year 2015/16. This corresponds to an increase of 16 percent over the previous year (€460 million) after currency adjustments.
ZEISS invests around 9 percent of sales revenue in research and development. In the first half of fiscal year 2015/16 this amounted to €207 million (first half of 2014/15: €221 million).
During the reporting period ZEISS invested €54 million in property, plant and equipment (first half of 2014/15: €58 million). These investments compare to depreciations totaling €76 million (first half of 2014/15: €74 million).
On 31 March 2016 net liquidity amounted to €544 million, 170 million more than the figure posted at the end of fiscal year 2014/15 (30 September 2015: €374 million).
Free cash flow totaled €355 million (first half of 2014/15: €165 million). With a figure totaling €1,410 million, the company's equity rose by around 4 percent over the year-end figure for fiscal year 2014/15 (30 September 2015: €1,357 million).