Carl Zeiss India inaugrated its new campus and production facility in Electronic City, Bengaluru, on July 11, 2012. The new campus was inaugurated by the President and CEO of Carl Zeiss Group, Dr Michael Kaschke. Speaking on this occasion Dr Kashcke said, “The new facility at Bengaluru adds greater focus to our pursuit of excellence in all spheres of our operations.
Built on an area of 240,000 sq ft in the heart of Bengaluru’ s Electronic City, the new Carl Zeiss Head Office for India has 120,000 sq ft 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 signifies Carl Zeiss’ commitment to the Indian market. “Strategic investments such as these are only possible because we have a long-term plan,” he further added. “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”.
The Indian subsidiary of Carl Zeiss was originally set-up in 1998 with the objective of getting closer to its customers, to take advantage of the high quality talent-pool that India offers and to take advantage of opportunities to globalise value creation at Carl Zeiss. Carl Zeiss is expanding its operations in India to embrace the opportunities and challenges of the Indian market. The new facility, equipped with modern office space and excellent communication and training facilities, will house all of the Group’s business units and activities in Bengaluru under one roof, including CARIn (Center for Applications & Research in India) the R&D centre of the Medical Technology Business Group of Carl Zeiss. It will also house the new prescription lens manufacturing facility in Bangalore, a high-tech laboratory set-up run as per the global standards of Carl Zeiss.
EH News Bureau