Carl Zeiss AG vs Hilger Crystals

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Carl Zeiss AG is the older of the two, founded in 1846 — 28 years before Hilger Crystals.

Founded: 1846; 1874
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Oberkochen, Germany; United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Industry: optics; optics
Founders: Carl Zeiss; John Adam Hilger, Otto Hilger
Employees: 29,309; Not recorded
Legal form: Aktiengesellschaft; Not recorded
Parent: Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung; Not recorded
Website: zeiss.com; hilger-crystals.co.uk

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Carl Zeiss AG and Hilger Crystals.