Jenoptik

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Michael Mertin, CEO
Rudolf Humer, Chairman of the Board

Jenoptik AG is a world- leading listed Opto electronics company headquartered in Jena ( Thuringia). It is divided into five divisions: Lasers & Material Processing, Optical Systems, Industrial Metrology, Traffic Solutions and Defense & Civil Systems. The main customers are primarily companies in the semiconductor and semiconductor equipment manufacturing industry, the automotive and automotive supplier industry, medical technology, security and defense technology and the aviation industry.

Jenoptik is also the brand name under the pre-1990 products from VEB Carl Zeiss Jena were exported to West Germany.

History

The history of Jenoptik dates back to 1846, when Carl Zeiss in Jena opened his optical workshop. Which had begun in the workshop Ernst Abbe became the sole after the death of Carl Zeiss owner and founded the Carl- Zeiss-Stiftung, Jena, and later merge the company Carl Zeiss and Schott glassworks in their property. In 1948 the Zeiss works and the glass factory bulkhead were transferred to public ownership.

After the change in the GDR the Treuhand took over the VEB Carl Zeiss Jena. From the Jena tribe operating the first Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH was formed, which was renamed as Jenoptik Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH as of 10 September 1990. The company then consisted of 13 factories and employed approximately 30,000 people.

On 25 June 1991 a memorandum of understanding was signed between the THA, the states of Baden -Württemberg and Thuringia as well as the participating Zeiss companies. Lothar Späth, former Minister President of Baden -Württemberg, took over the management of the Jenoptik Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH. In the same year went from the Jenoptik Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH, Jenoptik GmbH as a country own business out. Jenoptik was responsible for the structural development in Jena and became the legal successor of the former state-owned Combine. For this she took over the business areas of optoelectronics, systems engineering and precision manufacturing. The non-transmitted to the Jenoptik GmbH areas of the Jenoptik Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH were incorporated into the newly formed Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH. 51 percent of the shares in Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH were owned by the Carl Zeiss AG, Oberkochen, the 49 percent share of Thuringia managed Jenoptik GmbH. In 1995, Carl Zeiss Oberkochen also the proportion of Thuringia.

In subsequent years, the Jenoptik Group has been restructured and made profitable new businesses were purchased, others sold. Biggest takeover in 1994 was the Meissner Wurst GmbH Co. KG (now M W Group ) from Stuttgart, were developed by some major markets, particularly in Asia. The campus in Jena was redesigned, former Zeiss locations renovated and opened for new uses.

On 10 May 1995, the company transfers the 49 - percent share of the Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH, Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen. 1 January 1996 Jenoptik is converted into a public limited company; In the same year the ESW GmbH is incorporated in Wedel ( the division Defense & Civil Systems today ), is concerned about the Jenoptik in the production of the Puma infantry fighting vehicle.

The IPO took place on 16 June 1998; the issue price is 34.00 DM at the upper end of the DM 28,00 to 34,00 DM -reaching bookbuilding range. The company CyBio, formerly Jenoptik Bioinstruments, was founded in 1999 as a spin -off of Jenoptik. In February 2002, the Jenoptik Diode Lab GmbH is founded with its headquarters in Berlin- Adlershof than 100 per cent subsidiary. The company was founded in communion with the Ferdinand- Braun-Institut, Leibniz - Institute for High Frequency Technology ( FBH) in Berlin, which carries out research on high -power laser diodes. In 2003, Lothar Späth from the Chief Executive Officer and joined the Supervisory Board.

In May 2005, the Jenoptik opened a research center for optics of plastics in Triptis, Thuringia. As of 2005, the company established in 1991 Jena- Optronic GmbH belonged to 100 percent Jenoptik. 2005 the general meeting decided the division, Clean system for sale, in order to concentrate on the more profitable optics business. The shares in M W Zander Holding AG (now M W Group ) in Stuttgart were a result, sold to the investment company Springwater Capital. Thus, the former East German group was largest (most recently around 10,000 employees) radically reduced.

The Free State of Thuringia sold in November 2007 its remaining 14.8 percent stake of the shares in the ECE Industrial Holdings GmbH (behind the Vienna-based Humer Privatstifung ), which is now the largest single shareholder; this was later increased so that in 2008, 25.02 percent of the shares are held by the end of February ECE industrial holdings.

As of December 31, 2007, Berlin-based Epigap Optoelectronics GmbH is full. In June 2010, Jenoptik sold its 15.1 percent stake in caverion GmbH to the Finnish publicly traded construction and technology company YIT to further focus on its core business. Jena- Optronic was sold in early October 2010 to EADS Astrium subsidiary to reduce debt. End of June 2011 sold the major shareholder ECE part of its shareholding in the amount of 11 percent of the Thuringian industry mbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of the Foundation for start-ups and promotions in the business economy of Thuringia ( StUWT ). Founder of StUWT is the Thuringian Ministry of Economy.

Group structure

The Group is in the five divisions Optical Systems, Lasers & Material Processing, Industrial Metrology, Traffic Solutions and Defense & Civil Systems divided (as of February 2009). In the areas of the business operations of limited companies is summarized.

Products and services in the areas of:

Optomechanical and optoelectronic systems, modules and assemblies
Complex coated optical components, aspheric lenses, filters, cylindrical lenses
Diffractive and refractive optical elements, micro-optical systems
Camera systems and components for digital microscopy
Photodiodes, LED Color Sensors

Laser:

Individual epitaxial layer structures on wafers
High-quality laser bars & single emitter
Reliable high- power diode lasers
Innovative solid-state lasers (eg disk lasers, fiber lasers )
Pulsed high -power laser systems

Laser systems:

For cutting, welding and perforating of plastics, metals, glass, ceramics and semiconductor materials
For processing - structuring, stripping, separation, drilling and doping - of solar cells
For three-dimensional machining of metals

High precision measuring instruments and machines for roughness, contour and shape measurement
Optical wave measurement and surface inspection
Dimensional Metrology
In-and post - process
Statistical process control ( SPC), final inspection and measuring room
Custom Applications

Systems and components ( OEM components, cameras, sensors, radar and laser-based classifiers )
Modular traffic enforcement (red light, speed, vehicle classification )
Service ( operating models, outsourcing solutions, consulting)
Software

Electromechanical systems for aviation (including transport systems, lifts, rescue hoists )
Ground-based observation platforms
Military and civilian vehicle and aircraft equipment
Optical sensors for security and space industries
Electric power generation and distribution systems
Mechatronic stabilization systems
Laser sensor / infrared technology for distance measurement and combat simulation

Selected subsidiaries

Jenoptik automation technology

The wholly owned subsidiary of Jenoptik AG, headquartered in Jena, was established on 1 July 1995 and manufactures industry-specific system solutions in laser material processing, handling and assembly systems.

And its subsidiary Jenoptik Laser Technologies was founded in 2001 in the U.S. ( Brighton / Michigan). It stands with its own laser application center to American customers for development tasks. In 2002, the Jenoptik KATASORB GmbH emerged as another subsidiary of Jenoptik Automation GmbH. In this company, exhaust air purification systems are developed and manufactured.

The company's core competence is the development and production of highly flexible serial production systems for laser material processing for different applications in various industries. The product line of laser systems for industrial series production is called " Jenoptik Votan ".

These laser systems have been produced since 1996 and can be used in a variety of production-related areas of laser material processing for cutting, welding and perforating and for patterning of surfaces. The main customers are companies in the automotive industry, the packaging industry as well as glass, ceramics and semiconductor manufacturing industry on the European, American and Asian markets.

In addition, the range of the company includes the process automation and production of assembly and inspection systems for various industries.

Jenoptik Laser

The subsidiary Jenoptik Laser GmbH is headquartered in Jena, Thuringia and is based material processing laser segment in the Jenoptik's Lasers &. The company develops, manufactures and sells the entire technology chain in the field of OEM laser sources - from high-quality semiconductor materials have reliable high -power diode lasers to innovative solid-state lasers - directly from a partner.

Since the 1990s, Jenoptik can show on extensive know -how in the product areas of diode lasers and solid state lasers and this has continuously expanded. Over the years, was an ever -increasing focus on the user needs. With the merger of the worldwide activities in the field of diode lasers and solid state lasers showed the new company Jenoptik Laser GmbH from Jenoptik Laser Diode Laser Technology GmbH and the division of Jenoptik Laser, Optik, Systeme GmbH on May 3, 2010. The company now combines the expertise to provide the synergies and competitive advantages for its customers from a single source in the field of laser sources.

In the product area high -power diode lasers, the company is a globally recognized leader in quality. This type lasers offer high efficiency from a very small volume - they are the most efficient artificial light sources with a conversion efficiency of electricity into light with up to 70 percent. Diode lasers are mainly used as an excitation source for solid-state lasers as well as a direct beam source in medical and material processing and are among the most promising types of lasers, mainly because of their potential use in the industry.

In the field of solid-state lasers, the company is a specialist and provider of turnkey diode laser systems, diode pumped solid state and fiber lasers in pulsed and cw operation of a customized OEM solutions at different levels of integration. Priorities in the use of these laser sources are in use in industrial material processing such as welding, cutting and soldering and plastic welding, medical, specifically ophthalmology for " tacking " of the retina ", and in the show & entertainment area.

Jenoptik Diode Lab

The Jenoptik Diode Lab GmbH has its headquarters on the grounds of scientific location in Berlin- Adlershof and belongs to the business Lasers in Jenoptik's Lasers & Material Processing. The company develops and manufactures semiconductor material ( laser diode) for diode lasers.

The company was founded in February 2002 as a spin -off from the Ferdinand Braun Institute for High Frequency Technology ( FBH) and is the result of collaboration between the Institute and the Jenoptik AG in the field of research on high-power diode. The laser diodes are further developed in cooperation with the FBH and specified prior to then largely be mounted further processed into high-power diode lasers at Jenoptik Laser GmbH in series.

On 29 May 2005, the company opened a factory for the production of semiconductor devices, after 14 million euros have been invested. The acquisition of the Berlin-based company Three -Five Epitaxial Services Aktiengesellschaft ( AG TESAG ) and the integration of TESAG in the Jenoptik Diode Lab in 2009, the company expanded its expertise to the area epitaxial wafer manufacturing. This Jenoptik is one of the few global full-service provider for high -power diode lasers.

In September 2011, the Company announced that the company will invest some 10 million euros in the expansion of production of optoelectronic semiconductor components ( so-called laser bar ) in the Technology Park Berlin -Adlershof due to high customer demand for laser bars and reaching the production frontier.

The company's products are available in various designs. The standard wavelengths of 808 nm, 880 nm, 915 nm, 940 nm and 976 nm are effective with a coating density ( filling factor ) of 20 %, 30 % and 50 % and optical output powers up to 130 W in continuous wave mode (English: continuous- wave = cw) and 300 W in pulsed operation (English: quasi- continuous- wave = qcw ). The high power laser diodes are used in various fields such as the pumping of solid state lasers, rod, fiber and disk lasers in industrial, scientific and medical applications, applications in the printing industry as well as in the security and defense technology. The team of Jenoptik Diode Lab is composed of senior experts of industrial production and former employees of the FBH.

HOMMEL -ETAMIC GmbH

Hommel Etamic with headquarters in Villingen -Schwenningen is a global, medium-sized company, which was created through the merger of established by Hermann Hommel 1876 Hommelwerke and the Franco-Swiss company Etamic. Hommel Etamic produced tactile, optical, pneumatic and process measurement technology. The Hommel -Etamic GmbH in 2012, as part of the transformation of Jenoptik AG, in the category " Industrial Metrology " gone over what 2013 Change of name to " Jenoptik Industrial Metrology Germany GmbH " led. The brand name " Hommel Etamic ", however, was retained.

Jenoptik Robot

The Jenoptik Robot is since 1999 a wholly owned subsidiary of Jenoptik AG in the corporate sector road safety.

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