Sales in the first quarter of the financial year that began in October rose by one percent to 475 million euros. The board blamed temporary special effects for this.
The background for the stocks of contact lenses for laser eye treatments was the 2022 Corona lockdowns in China. Zeiss Meditec specializes in lasers, surgical microscopes, devices and artificial lenses for the treatment of eye diseases. The takeover of the Dutch Ophthalmic Research Center (DORC) was announced in December for the first half of 2024.