[转帖]1400 employees to work at Carl Zeiss SMT optics plant

Carl Zeiss SMT AG has officially opened the next phase in the building of its lithography optics manufacturing plant in Oberkochen, Germany. In December 2001, the first building phase was officially inaugurated with approximately 150 employees working at the plant. This grew to 1,000 by 2005 and now the company expects to employ approximately 1400 at the 45,000m2 facility.

"Sustained investments in high technologies are the best method of outpacing the competition and also creating internationally competitive jobs in Germany," stated Dr. Dieter Kurz, President CEO of Carl Zeiss AG. "We have added more than 200 new employees this year at Carl Zeiss SMT alone."

Carl Zeiss SMT has invested more than