Carl Zeiss
Entrepreneurship and Social Responsibility
IAPB Council of Members Meeting
Brighton, September 17th, 2013
ZEISS is an international leader in optics and
opto-electronics. Medical Technology is its largest
business
Carl Zeiss AG
Microscopy
Semiconductor
Manuf. Tech.
Industrial
Metrology
Consumer
Optics/ Optronics
Ophthalmic
Optics
Markets
Revenue
FY 11/12
Business Groups
Medical
Technology
€ 984 m*
€ 650 m
Medical and Research
Solutions
€ 967 m
€ 495 m
Industrial Solutions
€ 178 m
Lifestyle
Products
€ 860 m
Vision Care
* The values deviate from the published figures of Carl Zeiss Meditec Group as a result of different consolidation models.
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
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ZEISS is Built on Strong Values, combining
entrepreneurial spirit and social responsibility
Carl Zeiss
Their Mission –
Their Passion
Ernst Abbe
 ZEISS was founded in 1846 in Jena, Germany
 Carl Zeiss and Ernst Abbe were leading pioneers in optics
and optical innovation
 The Carl Zeiss Foundation was established in 1889 as
institutionalized corporate social responsibility
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Our Approach from the Beginning
Pioneering Medicine through Partnerships
A close and good interaction between ZEISS and medical
practitioners is at the heart of the innovation process
Carl Zeiss developed the first slit lamp together
with Swedish doctor Allvar Gullstrand. This
development laid the foundation for medical
technology at Carl Zeiss.
Source: Our own website
Collaboration helps to
• constantly improve products and services
• design products, that use modern technlogies for specific
applications
• adapt products to specific market needs
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ZEISS assumes social responsibility and
contributes to developing global healthcare
systems
285 million people are visually impaired
39 million people are blind
1-2 million blindnesses per year
We use an entrepreneurial approach to finance our activities.
Source: D. Pascolini, S.P. Mariotti, “Global estimates of visual impairment”, Br. J. Ophthalmol. 96, 614-618 (2012).
Being close to emerging countries allows ZEISS to
understand market requirements and develop specific
products
Germany:
US:
Dublin
France:
Le Pecq
La Rochelle
Paris
Jena
Berlin
Oberkochen
Munich
Japan:
Tokyo
Spain:
Madrid
China:
Indien:
Company sites of the Medical Technology Business Group
Production, sales, service, R&D
Sales and Service sites of the Medical Technology Business Group
Sales and Service sites of the Carl Zeiss Group
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
ZEISS helps to establish
IAPB Ophthalmic Training Center
Partnership of ZEISS and IAPB:
 Long-termin goal is to build up 5 ZEISS IAPB Ophthalmic Training
Centers
 2005: Indonesia, Cicendo
 2006: Nigeria, University College Hospital
in Ibadan Nigeria
 2007/08: Tanzania, Kilimanjiro Christian
Medical College in Moshi
 2012/13: ZEISS IABP Centre of
Excellence Latin America in Paraguay
 …
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ZEISS´ global presence is used to support the
VISION 2020 initiative
“By 2020, the primary causes
of preventable blindness will
be eliminated to ensure that
everyone around the world
receives a right to sight”
 ZEISS was the first corporate sponsor
of the VISION 2020 initiative
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
Corporate partnerships with NGOs provide mutual benefits
ZEISS and Christoffel Blindenmission have been
collaborating for long
ZEISS and the Christoffel
Mission for the Blind
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The Christoffel Mission for the Blind (CBM)
is an international aid organization
ZEISS and the CBM have been partners for
many years: ZEISS supports the CBM in
events and projects in Africa, Asia and South
America
11-year-old Kumar from Nepal has been given
the gift of sight thanks to a cataract operation
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