About Us

NUMERIK JENA is based in Jena, Germany with North American representation and distribution through sister company HEIDENHAIN CORPORATION in Schaumburg, IL, USA. Established in 1970 and originating as part the Carl Zeis enterprise, NUMERIK JENA is known worldwide for offering high quality compact linear and rotary encoders for positioning of implements and workparts in high precision settings. All NUMERIK JENA products are contact-free to assure a motion sequence free of backlash, and are commonly found in XY and rotary tables, equipment for semiconductor production, robots, and medical device applications