ZEISS SA
Photo - ZEISS - Invertertube® – Ergonomically correct seated position for surgeons
ZEISS SA
See Beyond
What Meets the Eye PRODUCTION: William Denstone
ZEISS has been partnering with local distributors to bring its famous and worldrenowned technology and solutions to its African customers for over 75 years. With its solutions, the company constantly advances the world of optics and helps shape technological progress, and recent results bear testimony to the strength of its work. www.enterprise-africa.net / 3
INDUSTRY FOCUS: TECHNOLOGY
//
Founded in 1846 by optician Carl Zeiss and now an organisation spanning the globe, ZEISS has had representation for the past 75 years on the African continent via a wholly owned subsidiary based in South Africa. This arm of the business has expanded its reach during its lifetime to serve customers across Angola, Kenya, Namibia and Zambia. The ZEISS Group is represented in more than 40 countries and has over 50 sales and service locations, more than 30 manufacturing sites and some 25 research and development centres throughout the world. “ZEISS has been contributing to technological progress for more than 170 years,” it begins, “with solutions for the semiconductor, automotive and mechanical engineering industries, biomedical research and medical
technology, as well as eyeglass lenses, camera and cine lenses, binoculars and planetariums.” One of the world’s leading manufacturers of spectacle lenses, ZEISS is committed to delivering maximum precision and comfort through an exhaustive product and service offering. OPTICAL INNOVATIONS “We possess excellent knowledge in various fields of optics gained during 170 years of experience in research and innovation, and a company history that has created milestones and changed lives.” ZEISS has been responsible for many of the most crucial innovations in optical design and engineering. Ever since the enlisting early in the company’s lifetime of Dr Ernst Abbe, a renowned scientist
Photo - ZEISS - Z-Point on Blaser R 93 hunt drive rifles
4 / www.enterprise-africa.net
recruited to elevate ZEISS beyond its many competitors, new and ground-breaking products have been launched in rapid succession to bring ZEISS to the forefront of optical technology. The spirit of change and development is an ethic ingrained at the company’s heart, as Dr Michael Kaschke, President and CEO of ZEISS, outlines. “Innovation is a way of life at Zeiss; you might even say it is in the company’s genes. “Optical technologies are key technologies for our future, and their technological and scientific applications will increasingly appear in our daily lives.” ZEISS South Africa zeroes in on several of the key aspects of the ZEISS portfolio. With its experience in lithography optics and other optical systems, ZEISS’s
ZEISS SA
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology enables customers all over the world to produce extremely powerful microchips. Crucial to the technologies at the heart of the modern world, the semiconductor equipment developed and manufactured by Zeiss forms the basis of the microchips used in nearly every technical device today, and a large proportion of all microchips around the globe are produced with optical technologies from ZEISS. ZEISS’s Spectroscopy Solutions are again universal in their application, be this agriculture, food, glass, solar or the chemical branch. The use of white light interference is a proven excellent method for measuring layer thickness, while NIR spectroscopy is a well-established technology for achieving accurate online moisture measurement. “As the world’s leading manufacturer of precision optics, we combine technical expertise and innovative ideas into exceptional visual experiences,” ZEISS says of its Vision Care arm. A more important concern than ever before as the influence of digital devices such as smartphones and tablet computers continues to grow, a typical user will now look at a digital display between 60 and 80 times a day. Today, around 200 million people worldwide wear spectacle lenses from ZEISS. Some 10,000 specialists in over 30 countries work together every day for better vision, engaged in developing not only high-precision spectacle lenses, but also measuring equipment and diagnostic tools. In the area of optics, Carl Zeiss Vision is among the world leaders. ASTRONOMICALLY GOOD It is not purely the science on which ZEISS focuses, however; the human, emotional touch it brings to the application of the technology is another feature unique to this giant of the industry. “What do you remember
We are the first company in Africa to have a Business Partner Agreement with ZEISS Industrial Metrology to perform Service Level Agreements on the worldrenowned ZEISS inspection equipment in Africa, Europe and the Middle East countries. Through Carl Zeiss’ support we have grown from strength to strength. Operating from our main office in Hartbeespoort, our team operate our core business of Installations, Commissioning and Calibrations of Co-ordinate Measuring Machines (3D).
info@mullercon.co.za +27 12 492 5950 www.mullercon.co.za
www.enterprise-africa.net / 5
INDUSTRY FOCUS: TECHNOLOGY
Photo - ZEISS - Dr. Ludwin Monz
about your life? It’s those important moments that will stay with you forever,” ZEISS sets out, and this cannot be disputed. “You remember the surroundings, the lights, the people. You remember the feelings you had and how they shaped you. And you keep snapshots of these moments in your head. With ZEISS you can see all of them clearly. You can rely on the perfect view: with the highest quality lenses you focus
// INNOVATION IS A WAY OF LIFE AT ZEISS; YOU MIGHT EVEN SAY IT IS IN THE COMPANY’S GENES // 6 / www.enterprise-africa.net
on what really matters.” Arguably the most important landmark of human achievement in living memory is the moon landing, which marks its 50th anniversary this year. The limits of what seemed possible were redefined, with the iconic image of a footprint symbolising the achievement. Thousands of engineers and technicians across all disciplines and countries became involved in the dream of sending man safely to the moon and back, and ZEISS became one of the crucial participants in this challenge, crafting camera lenses specially designed for space to capture these iconic images. This is what ZEISS means by what really matters: today, the images from the moon missions
still resonate across the globe and the generations, in part due to their exceptional quality. After one of the first missions the importance of photography in space was realised, prompting a collaboration with ZEISS to develop photography systems specifically designed for space and its extreme conditions. More than 500 million people around the world were spellbound by the images brought back to earth on July 20th 1969. ZEISS had conducted thorough research and created a total of eight lens models used in the Apollo program, with many of the preeminent achievements down to Dr. Erhard Glatzel, and his team, Johannes Berger and Günther Lange. In the 1960s, Glatzel’s creations were world-renowned. In honour of
ZEISS SA
Photo ZEISS - ZEISS lenses with DuraVision™ Platinum Technology
Photo - ZEISS - ZEISS Conquest HD
// WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT YOUR LIFE? IT’S THOSE IMPORTANT MOMENTS THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU FOREVER // his accomplishments in designing special lenses for the moon missions he received the Apollo Achievement Award. Under his leadership, ZEISS developed more than 100 lens designs, with the photographs taken during the moon missions going on to be published around the world and to make history.
MEDITECH STRONG GROWTH Another key arm of the overall group, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and has been represented in South Africa since 1939. It was able to report a continuation of its strong growth trend in the first nine months of the fiscal year 2018/19, generating revenue of €1,027.6m, corresponding to an increase of 10.9% compared with the same period of the previous year. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) increased significantly, to €184.2m, compared with €134.8m, while the EBIT margin also increased, to 17.9%. “All strategic business units made valuable contributions to this very encouraging increase in revenue and earnings. Once again, revenue from
consumables for ophthalmic surgery increased the most,” concluded Dr. Ludwin Monz, President and CEO of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG. “Our main objective is to increase our long-term competitiveness. “As already communicated when we published our half-year results, we plan to capitalise on the current favourable earnings situation to also step up investments in research and development. This applies in particular to the area of digital solutions for ophthalmic surgery, in which we aim to further extend our innovative edge.”
WWW.ZEISS.CO.ZA
www.enterprise-africa.net / 7
Published by CMB Media Group Chris Bolderstone – General Manager E. chris@cmb-media.co.uk Rouen House, Rouen Rd, Norwich NR1 1RB T. +44 (0) 1603 855 161 E. info@cmb-media.co.uk www.cmb-media.co.uk CMB Media Group does not accept responsibility for omissions or errors. The points of view expressed in articles by attributing writers and/ or in advertisements included in this magazine do not necessarily represent those of the publisher. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained within this magazine, no legal responsibility will be accepted by the publishers for loss arising from use of information published. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored in a retrievable system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of the publisher. Š CMB Media Group Ltd 2019
AS FEAT UR ED IN
ENTERPRISE AFRICA
O CTO BER 2019