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Carl Zeiss AG
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Zeiss (company).
Carl Zeiss AG is the holding company for all subsidiaries within the Zeiss Group, of which AG is the only one that is traded on the stock market. Carl Zeiss AG is owned by the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung foundation. The Zeiss Group has its headquarters in southern Germany, in the small town of Oberkochen, with its second largest, and founding site, being Jena in eastern Germany. Also controlled by the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung is the glass manufacturer Schott AG, located in Mainz and Jena. Carl Zeiss is one of the oldest optics manufacturers in the world.