From Carl Zeiss Jena to AJZ Engineering

19.11.1846	The university engineerCarl Zeiss opens a production facility for precision engineering and optics in Jena -the Carl Zeiss company is born.
1866	The Jena university professor Ernst Abbe joins the Zeiss production works. Abbe develops the optical principles for the scientific construction of microscopes.
1884	Otto Schott, Ernst Abbe and Carl Zeiss set up what was later known as the Jena Glass Works.
1900	The Carl Zeiss company develops into a leading optics company.
1945	Extensive destruction of the Jena Zeiss factories during the 2nd World War.
1946	Zeiss production facilities exist in both parts of Germany.
1970	A project business department is set up at Jena.
1990	The Zeiss companies in eastern and western Germany announce that they wish to join forces.
1991	Jena GmbH is set up and the Engineering&Consulting division becomes part of the activities of the Carl Zeiss Group.
1.12.2000	Founding of AJZ Engineering GmbH by Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH and Analytik Jena AG.