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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26.7 - Manufacture of optical instruments and photographic equipment
2,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 December 2022
Employment effect (start)
14 December 2022
Foreseen end date
30 September 2023
Description
As announced on 14 December 2022, the German optics group Zeiss plans to add 2000 new jobs in Germany within its current fiscal year. According to CEO Lamprecht, Zeiss has currently 3,000 open vacancies around the world. Zeiss’s booming semiconductor business has been contributing to the continued expansion of the company. Together with its partners, the laser specialist Trumpf and the Dutch machine manufacturer ASML, Zeiss equips chip factories with the very latest lithography systems. Zeiss is specifically looking for technical expertise and intends to increase its number of apprentices.
Eurofound (2022), Zeiss, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 108130, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/108130.
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