Private company

Zeiss Ikon

Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons³

Zeiss Ikon is a German camera manufacturer based in Stuttgart, founded in 1926.¹ It is part of Assa Abloy Sicherheitstechnik.¹

Die Zeiss Ikon AG war bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg einer der bedeutendsten Kamera- und Kinoprojektorenhersteller sowie Weltmarktführer bei Schmalfilmkameras. Zeiss Ikon stellte neben optischen Geräten auch Filme, Messtechnik, Autoteile, Türschlösser, Spiegelleuchten sowie Buchungsmaschinen her und war Inhaber des ersten Patentes auf den heute allgemein verbreiteten Profilzylinder.² From the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1926Founded¹

IndustryManufacture of optical instruments and photographic equipment, Precision engineering and optical industry¹
HeadquartersStuttgart, Germany¹
Founded inDresden¹
Legal formAktiengesellschaft¹

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Corporate structure

Zeiss Ikon is part of a group headed by Assa Abloy Sicherheitstechnik. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Assa Abloy Sicherheitstechnik Albstadt, Germany
- Zeiss Ikon Stuttgart, Germany

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Assa Abloy Sicherheitstechnik

Owners

Carl Zeiss AG

Subsidiaries

Zeiss Ikon N.V.

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

Succeeded Ernemann¹
Succeeded Internationale Camera Actiengesellschaft¹

Timeline

1926Founded Founded in Dresden¹

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataZeiss Ikon on Wikidata
2
WikipediaZeiss Ikon on the German Wikipedia
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Wikimedia CommonsZeiss Ikon logo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain