About Us

Professional solutions in spectroscopy

Taking partnership to the next level

ZEISS enables you to increase the efficiency of your processes by supporting the requirements of quality assurance by:

providing the core components for both complex and fully automated systems in various sectors
working as a strategic partner to identify the best process control and monitoring solutions for our customers' needs
enabling customers to take the same spectroscopic method from the lab to the process – with lab-like certainty
helping our customers to fulfill their promises to their own clients

World leading optical performance

We are a conscious contributor to global megatrends and a reliable partner for international industry leaders and drivers of innovation. By developing and producing in-house, we raise the bar in terms of performance, durability and sustainability and provide our clients with a competitive technological advantage.
Customized solutions

With our experience in process optimization, we benefit from in-depth knowledge of our clients’ ambitious measuring tasks. We secure monitoring and quality control processes and provide for more resource efficiency in the lab, on the production line, in the fields or in outer space.
Long-term partnership

We always strive for collaborative cooperation with our clients to find the best possible solution. We profit from one another and learn from each other. We appreciate an open exchange and keep our promises.
Sustainable innovation

As pioneers in scientific optics, we have always challenged our own imagination and aim higher. We bundle our knowledge in all areas and convert this into sustainable innovation and in-house developments.

A little wavelength goes a long way

ZEISS – over 140 years of experience in spectroscopy

Long before Carl Zeiss Spectroscopy GmbH was founded on July 1, 2015 as a subsidiary of Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH, the successful history of ZEISS in spectroscopy began.
$The first spectrometer for the spectral diffraction of light with a prism system$

1874

1874

The first spectrometer

for the spectral diffraction of light with a prism system
1924

1924

The first photometer

for color measurement
1933

1933

The first quartz spectrograph

for spectral analyses in the ultraviolet wavelenght range
1968

1968

The first SPECORD series

two-beam spectral photometer for analyses in the laboratory
1985

1985

The first multichannel spectrometer (MCS)

as the first spectrometer with array detectors
1997

1997

The world‘s first compact spectrometer

for the near infrared wavelength range
2000

2000

The first spectrometer

with plastic grating and housing for high volume production
2013

2013

The first process spectrometer

with the highest level of robustness and long-term stability
2019

2019

The first connected spectrometer

with real time access to data for defined product quality