Carl Zeiss has recently set up its new campus and production facility in India’s popularly referred to as ‘Electronic City’ Bangaluru on July 11 2012. Carl Zeiss is a renowned name in the Optical and Opto Electronic Industry. It has already established its name in the field of semiconductor manufacturing technology, industrial metrology, microscopy, medical technology, vision care, consumer optics / optronics.
The new campus was inaugurated by the President & CEO of Carl Zeiss Group, Dr Michael Kaschke. Speaking on the occasion Dr.Kashcke said “Carl Zeiss is a brand trusted by scientists, researchers and doctors, eye care professionals, photographers and petrology specialists. This trust is built over an eventful journey of over 160 years. The new facility at Bengaluru adds greater focus to our pursuit of excellence in all spheres of our operations.”
The new Carl Zeiss campus in Bengaluru India is a sign of things to come in the Carl Zeiss Group. Built on an area of 22296.7 sq m in the heart of Bengaluru’ s electronic city, the new Carl Zeiss Head Office has 11148.3 sq m of built up area which will accommodate close to 300 staff, a warehouse and production facilities for coordinate measuring machines from the industrial metrology business group and prescription lenses from the Vision Care Business Group. The investment in a modern facility in India, one of the fastest growing and important Rapidly Developing Economies (RDE) of the world, signifies Carl Zeiss’ deep commitment to the Indian market.
“Strategic investments such as these are only possible because we have a long term plan”. “Overall we are very pleased with the development of our business in India so far and we are confident that we will continue to grow rapidly over the next years. It is important to maintain our high growth in the Indian market in order to sustain continued investments at a rapid pace”, Dr Kaschke said.