Season's greetings from Jenoptik
On behalf of all employees, the Jenoptik Executive Board would like to thank you for your trust and cooperation this year.
We wish you and your loved ones a wonderful Advent season, a peaceful Christmas, happy holidays and a good start to the new year!
Stay tuned for our update on a very special video projection on the walls of our Jenoptik high-rise as of mid-December ...
We hope you can, as we do, already look forward to exciting topics and projects that the coming year will hold!
Discover our highlights from 2025 here
High-tech fab Dresden, March 2025
Investment and construction progress
In May 2025, we opened our new high-tech factory in Dresden (known as “Fab” for short), completing the largest single investment in the company's recent history. The state-of-the-art “Fab” creates additional capacity for the production of micro-optics and sensors for the semiconductor equipment industry.
At the Jena site, an existing hall is being converted into an expanded manufacturing environment for high-end semiconductor optics; following completion of the preliminary planning in 2025, the conversion is scheduled to start in 2026 and production is expected to begin in the second half of 2027.
Dr. Ralf Kuschnereit and Dr. Prisca Havranek-Kosicek
Management and strategy
At its regular meeting on March 24, 2025, the Supervisory Board of JENOPTIK AG extended the contracts of Dr. Ralf Kuschnereit and Chief Financial Officer Dr. Prisca Havranek-Kosicek by five years each until December 31, 2030, and February 28, 2031, respectively.
At the Annual General Meeting in June, shareholder representatives Elke Eckstein and Daniela Mattheus were confirmed for another four years; Andreas Gerstenmayer is new to the board.
Additive Manufacturing
Innovations for our markets
Numerous new developments have enriched the Jenoptik portfolio this year. A selection of the innovations:
- MS-I² OEM light source – multispectral illumination and flexible imaging options for improved visualization in endoscopic surgery.
- Modular Beam Splitting System (MBSS) – ready-to-install optical system as a powerful alternative to complex laser processing setups.
- F-theta lens for 3D printing – precise structuring for additive manufacturing processes such as selective laser sintering (SLS).
Section Control System
Increasing traffic safety
Jenoptik develops complete solutions in the field of traffic monitoring worldwide.
This year, we further expanded our presence with a comprehensive project in Jordan. It supports the “Vision Zero” strategy in Amman and enables real-time monitoring of all traffic violations via the FlowTris back-office platform.
In Germany, new semi-stationary speed measurement systems were also installed in Konstanz, Aachen, Monheim am Rhein and Langenfeld, contributing to improved road safety.
„The Abbe Number“ by ZEITGUISED
Commitment to the region and culture
As part of “tangente digital art,” we presented new projections on the Ernst Abbe Tower, including “The Abbe Number” by ZEITGUISED and “FragMANt TOWER” by the artist collective NEOZOON.
In addition, CEO Stefan Traeger became patron of the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra's Artist-in-Residence program 2025-2026, in which artist Robert Seidel combines abstract light and image worlds with musical performances.
With the “Optics Meets Art” project, Jenoptik, together with regional partners, supported an exhibition on optical topics by 9th and 10th grade students at the “Grete Unrein” integrated comprehensive school in Jena.
