Asia growth spurs Carl Zeiss Meditec

 15-Aug-16, Optics 

Carl Zeiss Meditec has posted another increase in quarterly sales, thanks largely to strong demand for its optics-based medical equipment in the Asia-Pacific region.

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In the first nine months of its current fiscal year, the company has delivered a 6.7% increase in sales to EUR799 mn (USD891 mn). Profit margins are also up on last year, with the improved picture largely emanating from higher sales by the firm’s Ophthalmic Systems and Surgical Ophthalmology business units.

CEO Ludwin Monz attributed the solid results to recent innovations that seem to have had a particularly positive impact in Asia. Zeiss Meditec’s sales in the Asia-Pacific region are up 17% in the first three quarters of the 2015-16 financial year.

Zeiss Meditec is about to reorganize the business by creating a new ophthalmology division that will combine diagnostic and surgical product lines under a single organizational structure.

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