Carl Zeiss SMT Opens New North American Headquarters

Combined Production, Service and Demo Facility will be cornerstone
of growth strategy in the Nanotechnology Market
PEABODY, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Carl Zeiss SMT, a leading global provider of electron- and
ion-beam imaging and analysis solutions, today officially opened its
new North American headquarters in Peabody, Mass., near Boston.
Representing an investment of more than nine million dollars, the new
53,000 square foot facility houses the research, development and
production center for the unique ORION(TM) helium ion microscope
product line. In addition, the facility serves as the North American
hub for sales and service for the complete family of ZEISS particle
beam instruments and houses the Carl Zeiss Nano Solutions Center
Peabody. This center is a comprehensive demonstration and application
development facility hosting six of the latest generation electron-
and ion-beam systems for nanoscale imaging, analysis and structuring.

Dirk Stenkamp, member of the board of Carl Zeiss SMT, emphasized
in his grand opening address: "North America has positioned itself at
the forefronts of nanotechnology for advanced materials, life sciences
and semiconductor research and development. With our major investments
in the new Peabody facility and its highly skilled staff for research,
development, production, sales, marketing and services, we are
directly addressing the increasing needs and expectations of our North
American customers. The new Peabody facility will be a cornerstone of
our worldwide growth strategy in the markets for nanotechnology."

Frank P. Averdung, President of Carl Zeiss SMT Inc., explained
what this means to the Carl Zeiss SMT customers: "With the completion
of our new Peabody facility, we are better positioned than ever to
provide a world class experience in nanoscale imaging, analysis and
structuring for our North American customers--from academia to
research and a wide array of industries. This includes joint research
and development programs, applications development, sales and customer
service and support activities."

Home office for 150 employees and a breakthrough technology

The new Peabody headquarters represents the home office for more
than 150 highly skilled employees and a number of unique microscope
technologies including the novel ZEISS ORION(TM) helium ion
microscope. This technology will give researchers all over the world
the opportunity to image and analyze a wide variety of materials and
specimens with unequaled sub-nanometer resolution, depth of field and
material contrast. In this way, the innovative power and expertise of
Carl Zeiss SMT will continue to enable major advancements in materials
research, life sciences and semiconductor manufacturing.

The first customers to use the new ORION(TM) technology include
the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in
Gaithersburg, MD, the Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS) at the
Faculty for Arts and Sciences of Harvard University, Boston, and the
'Carl Zeiss Innovation Center Dresden', Germany all striving to
develop new breakthrough methods and application results using this
revolutionary new type of microscopy.

"We anticipate that we will continue to grow our organization in
Peabody, making it the gold standard of customer sales and service for
North America," said Averdung. "Being located near Boston, with its
world renowned Universities like Harvard and the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology provides an ideal cultural and scientific
environment to stimulate imaginative and creative thinking for ongoing
product and application development."

More information and images are available at www.smt.zeiss.com

PI No. 0082-2008-ENG

April 2008

About Carl Zeiss SMT

Carl Zeiss SMT utilizes its globally leading know-how in light,
electron and ion-optical technologies to offer its customers in the
manufacturing industry and R&D a broad portfolio of products, services
and application solutions. The market-leading systems and solutions
from Carl Zeiss SMT are used in mutually strengthening fields of
application in nanotechnology such as semiconductor technology,
materials research and the life sciences. The global customer
community is constantly growing. As the innovation leader for
lithography optics, as well as optical and particle-beam based
inspection, analysis and measuring systems, Carl Zeiss SMT opens up
new avenues for its customers in industrial manufacturing
environments, quality assurance and industrial and university R&D.
Together with its subsidiaries in Germany, England, France and the
USA, the international group of companies has over 2,500 employees. In
fiscal year 2006/07, Carl Zeiss SMT AG generated revenues of over EUR
1,000 billion. Carl Zeiss SMT AG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Carl
Zeiss AG. Further information is available on www.smt.zeiss.com

Press
Carl Zeiss SMT Inc.
Bill Monigle, 941-497-1622
b.monigle@smt.zeiss.com
or
Carl Zeiss SMT AG
Markus Wiederspahn, +49 7364 20 2194
wiederspahn@smt.zeiss.com

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