amous for manufacturing lenses for microscopes, telescopes, cameras, binoculars, and surgical instruments, Carl Zeiss is now in India with its spectacle lenses. For those who want to know more about the company - Carl Zeiss has won special Oscar Award for Lord of the Rings; movies like Shakespeare in Love has been shot through Carl Zeiss lenses; Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, shot pictures of the moon through a Carl Zeiss Lens. Their lenses have been used in microscopes, telescopes, cameras, binoculars and spectacles and surgical instruments.

So, when the 150 years old Carl Zeiss of Germany launched its brand of spectacle lenses in India it was quite significant. A global leader in optics and opto-electronics the company has entered into a joint venture with GKB Hi-Tech lenses. Apart from manufacturing and selling the world-class Zeiss brand lenses in India, the JV will export �made-in-India� products exclusively to Carl Zeiss, Germany.... more