Opening up new horizons that are close to the frontiers of the invisible demands optical systems that stretch the limits of modern technology.

Over the years, Carl Zeiss has systematically enhanced its experience in optics and engineering in order to be competent in the fields of software, electronics, control engineering and applications. In order to guarantee fully integrated solutions, Carl Zeiss also involves — or even integrates — partners in its developments. Our customer orientation is the key to all of our activities.

The Carl Zeiss Microscopy business group therefore offers a full line of upright, inverted, stereo and confocal microscopes, image-analysis systems and digital cameras for biomedical, clinical and materials microscopy. It specializes in high-resolution digital imaging systems for demanding applications. In addition, Carl Zeiss image-analysis software brings new levels of sophistication and ease of use to image processing, archiving and analysis.

With the main focus of biomedical research being on the visualization of individual proteins and their interactions in intact living systems, Carl Zeiss has subsequently concentrated its efforts on fluorescence microscopy. Here, three-dimensional (3D) or multidimensional recording processes with increased spatial resolution are of particular interest.

Fluorescence has therefore become Carl Zeiss' forte, so that today we can claim technological leadership in the field of microscopy systems in biomedical research. The latest successful releases in fluorescence microscopy include the Laser Scanning Microscope LSM 510 META, which was developed to allow the visualization of many fluorescent dyes in living cells and tissues simultaneously and selectively. Another recent release is the ApoTome, which was designed for the acquisition of high-quality 3D fluorescence images at a remarkable price/performance ratio.

Although our headquarters are in Oberkochen, Germany, Carl Zeiss Microscopy operates with approximately 1,500 people in more than 30 countries and has production centres in Europe, North America and Mexico.