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World market leader in Thuringia: asphericon GmbH

The global optical industry got its start in 19th century Jena thanks to the inventions of Carl Zeiss, Ernst Abbe and Otto Schott. To this day, the university town in eastern Thuringia is home to world market leaders in this high-tech sector. One of them is asphericon GmbH. It is the technology leader for aspherical lenses and systems, which are significantly more precise and economical than competing optical products. The company is constantly growing and recently laid the foundation stone for a new building in Jena.

Despite last year’s pandemic, the company reports that it was able to stay on course with growth exceeding 50 percent. It is now constructing a four-story building with 1,200 m² of new usable space, tripling the area it previously had. asphericon’s administrative and development departments will work here in the future. This roughly 15 million euro investment is focused in no small measure on sustainability: The building will be built by Ed. Züblin AG using the MOLENO serial and modular timber hybrid construction system. (hw)

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Optical products of asphericon GmbH, whose managing directors Sven R. Kiontke and Alexander W. Zschäbitz were part of the founding team in 2001.

Optical products of asphericon GmbH, whose managing directors Sven R. Kiontke and Alexander W. Zschäbitz were part of the founding team in 2001. Today, the company employs about 200 people at 3 locations. Photo: asphericon GmbH