Carl Zeiss endeavors to boost the Toy industry and offer their technology centers to the Toy Manufacturers
A Technological Story of 175 years
Carl Zeiss , a name that has become synonym with Technology and innovation , and there is a convincing story behind it . For this you may have to go back 175 years and know more of the founders of this company . The company is named after their founder Mr . Carl Zeiss , a technology enthusiast and a passionate manufacturer . 175 years back he started manufacturing and productionized the scientific microscopes and began the journey that will make him and his innovation the most revolutionized moment in the history of technology . Later years , another cofounder , Mr . Ernst Abbe , a scientist , joined him and together they paved the way to set benchmarks when it came to innovative products for the benefit of the technology advancement .
After Mr . Zeiss passed away , Mr . Abbe wanted to safeguard the innovations that were carried out by them . He wanted to make sure that these technologies and innovations should not be used for dishonest motives and should be used for betterment of humanity . He did not want the company to go private and become slave to Board of Directors revenue generation machine , but instead be a " Temple of technology " that will nurture the future . As a result , Carl Zeiss Foundation was born , and he bought all the stake of Carl Zeiss and sold them to this Foundation including his own . The focus was and has always been on innovation rather than revenue generation for self-interest .
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Fast-forward to today , with six thousand plus technology patents , the same ethics and values have been transferred to all its entities all over the world . The idea of harboring the future of technology has been the core value of the organization and it can be seen through all the entities including India . For more than 40 years , Carl Zeiss India has been taking this agenda forward and helping the industries and organizations to keep their best foot forward with the use of technology . In India , not just the industrial organizations , but they support with their technologies even to the Indian Medical sector with latest surgical microscopes , support to the common masses , with latest ZEISS lenses , Sport optics and much more .
The manufacturing sector in India is going through a change , a change for the future India , a change for the future manufacturing , a change for the “ Make in India " initiative , a change for making a global impact . Lot of Industries have been brought forward by our current government to make sure that India becomes the next manufacturing plant for the world , and in this context specifically speaking , the Toy manufacturing industry . Already 8 toy clusters have been announced , in which Karnataka state is leading , with cluster almost completion and many industries already making base to start manufacturing toys .
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