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SOLDIS Becomes ZEISS Business Solutions Partner in Poland

Competence Center for ZEISS GUARDUS strengthens global expansion strategy for digital manufacturing

6 August 2019

Ulm/Germany, Oberkochen/Germany | 06 August 2019 | ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions

By naming SOLDIS Sp.z o.o a ZEISS business solutions partner, the ZEISS Group is further expanding its core competency in manufacturing execution systems (MES) on the Polish market. ZEISS has forged a close partnership with SOLDIS over many years with regard to the sales and implementation of the ZEISS GUARDUS software platform in Poland. “With over ten years of experience in the field of manufacturing execution systems to its name, SOLDIS is the perfect partner to help us raise the bar in the sales, support and service offerings of our existing and potential customers in the area of digital manufacturing,” says Gerard Quaeck, CEO of SOLDIS Sp.z o.o., explaining the added value of the growing MES expertise in Poland.

Furthermore, the MES specialist based in Gliwice will continue to play a key role in global project implementation. “For many years, we have been relying on the technological expertise of the SOLDIS team when it comes to customer- and country-specific ZEISS GUARDUS software adjustments. We will continue to actively drive this collaboration in the interests of global expansion. Ultimately, the dynamism of globalization comes with a wide range of cross-country MES ambitions in discrete manufacturing,” says Simone Cronjäger, Head of Carl Zeiss MES Solutions GmbH (previously known as GUARDUS Solutions AG) in Ulm.

“We are delighted to be a new ZEISS business solutions partner and thus in a position to further intensify our existing partnership in terms of customer consultation and care, as well as software development. With this move, we are pursuing a sustainable growth trajectory as both technology experts and entrepreneurs,” says Quaeck.

About ZEISS GUARDUS

The ZEISS GUARDUS manufacturing execution system is one of the world’s top Smart Production solutions. Over 160 global companies use this central, standardized IT foundation for their sustainable production strategy. For 16 years, the software has stood for comprehensive quality and production management expertise in the field of industrial manufacturing.

Further information is available on www.zeiss.com and www.guardus-mes.de/en.

Further Information

PRESS CONTACT Bernd Balle ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions

About ZEISS

ZEISS is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. In the previous fiscal year, the ZEISS Group generated annual revenue totaling 8.8 billion euros in its four segments Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology and Consumer Markets (status: 30 September 2022).

For its customers, ZEISS develops, produces and distributes highly innovative solutions for industrial metrology and quality assurance, microscopy solutions for the life sciences and materials research, and medical technology solutions for diagnostics and treatment in ophthalmology and microsurgery. The name ZEISS is also synonymous with the world's leading lithography optics, which are used by the chip industry to manufacture semiconductor components. There is global demand for trendsetting ZEISS brand products such as eyeglass lenses, camera lenses and binoculars.

With a portfolio aligned with future growth areas like digitalization, healthcare and Smart Production and a strong brand, ZEISS is shaping the future of technology and constantly advancing the world of optics and related fields with its solutions. The company's significant, sustainable investments in research and development lay the foundation for the success and continued expansion of ZEISS' technology and market leadership. ZEISS invests 13 percent of its revenue in research and development – this high level of expenditure has a long tradition at ZEISS and is also an investment in the future.

With over 40,000 employees, ZEISS is active globally in almost 50 countries with around 30 production sites, 60 sales and service companies and 27 research and development facilities (status: 31 March 2023). Founded in 1846 in Jena, the company is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany. The Carl Zeiss Foundation, one of the largest foundations in Germany committed to the promotion of science, is the sole owner of the holding company, Carl Zeiss AG.

Further information at www.zeiss.com

ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions

ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions is a leading manufacturer of multidimensional metrology solutions. These include coordinate measuring machines, optical and multisensor systems, microscopy systems for industrial quality assurance as well as metrology software for the automotive, aircraft, mechanical engineering, plastics and medical technology industries. Innovative technologies such as 3D X-ray metrology for quality inspection round off the portfolio. In addition, ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions offers a broad global spectrum of customer services with ZEISS Quality Excellence Centers close to its customers. The company is headquartered in Oberkochen. Production and development sites outside Germany are located in Minneapolis in the USA, Shanghai (China) and Bangalore (India). ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions is part of the Industrial Quality & Research segment.


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