Jenoptik
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Jenoptik is an optoelectronics group located in Jena
, Thuringia
, Germany
and a descendant of the pre-war
Zeiss company. The business is divided into five divisions: Optical Systems, Lasers & Material Processing, Industrial Metrology, Traffic Solutions and Defense & Civil Systems.
, Traffic Solutions and Defense, and Civil Systems. Its customers around the world mainly include companies in the semiconductor and semiconductor equipment manufacturing industry, automotive and automotive supplier industry, medical technology, security and defense technology as well as the aviation industry.
Jenoptik has around 3,000 employees and in 2010 generated sales of approximately 500 million Euros (preliminary). The Group was created in 1991 out of JENOPTIK Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH. Since June 1998 JENOPTIK AG has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
and is included in the TecDAX
index. The Jenoptik Group headquarters are in Jena, with additional major sites in Germany located in Wedel
near Hamburg
, Monheim
and Ratingen
near Düsseldorf
, Villingen-Schwenningen
, Triptis
, the Bavarian town of Altenstadt
, and Essen
. Outside Germany Jenoptik is represented in nearly 70 countries and has production sites in the USA, France and Switzerland as well as shareholdings in India, China, Korea and Japan. Dr. Michael Mertin has been the Chairman of the Executive Board of Jenoptik AG since July 1, 2007, and is responsible for the entire operational business as well as for the areas of strategy and innovations, auditing, data protection, communication and marketing, IT, quality and processes and, as Human Resources Director, for personnel.
The group can trace its heritage back to the original Carl Zeiss AG company, founded in Jena
in 1846. Following World War II, the East German authorities established the state-owned Kombinat VEB Zeiss Jena, while the main Zeiss company had hastily relocated to West Germany
. Following German reunification
, VEB Zeiss Jena became Zeiss Jena GmbH. The company then sold its microscopy division and other optical divisions to Carl Zeiss AG. The remainder of Zeiss Jena GmbH continued as JENOPTIK Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH, specializing in the areas of photonics
, optoelectronics
, and mechatronics
. The name was shortened to Jenoptik GmbH and 1996 was changed into Jenoptik AG. The JENOPTIK trademark is owned by Jenoptik AG. Jenoptik is regarded as one of the few companies descended from an East German state-owned enterprise to be successful in the post-Reunification era.
Lasers:
Laser processing systems:
Optical Systems division
JENOPTIK Optical Systems is the North American subsidiary of Jenoptik’s Optical Systems division. JENOPTIK Optical System has around 125 employees in Alabama, Massachusetts, and Florida with the capabilities to design, fabricate and test complex lens assemblies, diffractive optics, infrared cameras, microscope cameras and projection systems. JOSI is ITAR compliant and ISO certified.
Industrial Metrology division
Traffic Solutions division
Jena
Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document...
, Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and a descendant of the pre-war
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Zeiss company. The business is divided into five divisions: Optical Systems, Lasers & Material Processing, Industrial Metrology, Traffic Solutions and Defense & Civil Systems.
Company profile
As an integrated optoelectronics group, Jenoptik divides its activities into five divisions: Optical Systems, Lasers & Material Processing, Industrial MetrologyMetrology
Metrology is the science of measurement. Metrology includes all theoretical and practical aspects of measurement. The word comes from Greek μέτρον , "measure" + "λόγος" , amongst others meaning "speech, oration, discourse, quote, study, calculation, reason"...
, Traffic Solutions and Defense, and Civil Systems. Its customers around the world mainly include companies in the semiconductor and semiconductor equipment manufacturing industry, automotive and automotive supplier industry, medical technology, security and defense technology as well as the aviation industry.
Jenoptik has around 3,000 employees and in 2010 generated sales of approximately 500 million Euros (preliminary). The Group was created in 1991 out of JENOPTIK Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH. Since June 1998 JENOPTIK AG has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is the world's 12th largest stock exchange by market capitalization. Located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is owned and operated by Deutsche Börse, which also owns the European futures exchange Eurex and the clearing company...
and is included in the TecDAX
TecDAX
The TecDAX stock index tracks the performance of the 30 largest German companies from the technology sector. In terms of order book turnover and market capitalization the companies rank below those included in the DAX.The TecDax was introduced on 24 March 2003...
index. The Jenoptik Group headquarters are in Jena, with additional major sites in Germany located in Wedel
Wedel
Wedel is a town in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, approximately south of Elmshorn, and mile, west of Hamburg.-Foundation and Middle Ages:...
near Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Monheim
Monheim
There are places that have the name Monheim in Germany:*Monheim am Rhein, in the Mettmann district, North Rhine-Westphalia.*Monheim, Bavaria, in the Donau-Ries district.**Monheim Town Hall, the town hall of Monheim, Bavaria....
and Ratingen
Ratingen
Ratingen is a town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the northwestern part of Berg - about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf...
near Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, Villingen-Schwenningen
Villingen-Schwenningen
Villingen-Schwenningen is a city in the Schwarzwald-Baar district in southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It has 80,941 inhabitants .-History:...
, Triptis
Triptis
Triptis is a town in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 22 km southwest of Gera....
, the Bavarian town of Altenstadt
Altenstadt
-Germany:*Altenstadt, Hesse, in the Wetterau district*Altenstadt, Swabia, in the district Neu-Ulm, Bavaria*Altenstadt, Upper Bavaria, in the district Weilheim-Schongau, Bavaria*Altenstadt an der Waldnaab, in the district Neustadt , Bavaria...
, and Essen
Essen
- Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...
. Outside Germany Jenoptik is represented in nearly 70 countries and has production sites in the USA, France and Switzerland as well as shareholdings in India, China, Korea and Japan. Dr. Michael Mertin has been the Chairman of the Executive Board of Jenoptik AG since July 1, 2007, and is responsible for the entire operational business as well as for the areas of strategy and innovations, auditing, data protection, communication and marketing, IT, quality and processes and, as Human Resources Director, for personnel.
The group can trace its heritage back to the original Carl Zeiss AG company, founded in Jena
Jena
Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document...
in 1846. Following World War II, the East German authorities established the state-owned Kombinat VEB Zeiss Jena, while the main Zeiss company had hastily relocated to West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
. Following German reunification
German reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...
, VEB Zeiss Jena became Zeiss Jena GmbH. The company then sold its microscopy division and other optical divisions to Carl Zeiss AG. The remainder of Zeiss Jena GmbH continued as JENOPTIK Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH, specializing in the areas of photonics
Photonics
The science of photonics includes the generation, emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, detection and sensing of light. The term photonics thereby emphasizes that photons are neither particles nor waves — they are different in that they have both particle...
, optoelectronics
Optoelectronics
Optoelectronics is the study and application of electronic devices that source, detect and control light, usually considered a sub-field of photonics. In this context, light often includes invisible forms of radiation such as gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet and infrared, in addition to visible light...
, and mechatronics
Mechatronics
Mechatronics is the combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, computer engineering, software engineering, control engineering, and systems design engineering in order to design, and manufacture useful products. Mechatronics is a multidisciplinary field of engineering, that is...
. The name was shortened to Jenoptik GmbH and 1996 was changed into Jenoptik AG. The JENOPTIK trademark is owned by Jenoptik AG. Jenoptik is regarded as one of the few companies descended from an East German state-owned enterprise to be successful in the post-Reunification era.
Group structure and business activities
Lasers & Material Processing divisionLasers:
- Individual epitaxial layer structures on wafers
- High-quality lasers bars & single emitters
- Reliable high-power diode lasers
- Innovative solid-state lasers (e.g. disk lasers, fiber lasers)
- Pulsed and cw high-power laser systems
Laser processing systems:
- for cutting, welding and perforating of plastics, metals, glass, ceramics and semiconductor materials
- for processing – structuring, deletion, separation, drilling and doping – of solar cells
Optical Systems division
- Optomechanical and optoelectronic systems, modules and assemblies
- Complex coated optical components, aspheres, filters, cylinder lenses
- Diffractive and refractive optical components, micro-optical systems
- Camera systems and components for digital microscopy
- Photo diodes, LEDs and color sensors
JENOPTIK Optical Systems is the North American subsidiary of Jenoptik’s Optical Systems division. JENOPTIK Optical System has around 125 employees in Alabama, Massachusetts, and Florida with the capabilities to design, fabricate and test complex lens assemblies, diffractive optics, infrared cameras, microscope cameras and projection systems. JOSI is ITAR compliant and ISO certified.
Industrial Metrology division
- High-precision gauging devices and machines
- roughness, contour and form measurement
- optical shaft measurement and surface inspection
- dimensional measurement technology
- in- and post-process
- statistical process control (SPC), final inspection and metrology room
- customer-specific application
Traffic Solutions division
- Systems and components (OEM components, cameras, radar-based and laser-based sensors, classificators)
- Modular systems for traffic monitoring (red light, speed, car classification)
- Service (service providing models, outsourcing solutions, consultation)
- Software
- Defense & Civil Systems division
- Electro-mechanical systems for use in aviation (transport systems, lifts, rescue hoists)
- Electrical energy generation and distribution systems
- Mechatronic stabilization systems
- Laser sensors / infrared technology
- Production of radomes and service of AWACS rotodomes for military aircraft