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Technology from the Erfurter Kreuz industrial district will make an important contribution to the energy revolution of the future: Thuringia’s Fraunhofer IKTS (Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems) and Dortmund-based ThyssenKrupp…

Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia, is to become the headquarters of the German Agency for Transfer and Innovation (DATI). As the German government's central innovation and funding agency, DATI will support the rapid transfer of technological…

It is a unique investment in the future for Deutsche Bahn. And it is being realized in Thuringia’s state capital: Over the next few years, DB will be building its central training facility not far from Erfurt’s main railway station and ICE…

A delegation trip to Japan at the end of April led by Thuringia’s Minister of Economics, Wolfgang Tiefensee, offered a wide range of contacts and the best conditions for opening up new markets. From April 20 to 27, 25 companies and research…

By creating a centralized „local service point“, LEG aims at improving accessibility of their own service package all over Thuringia. The established services remain in place, among them the research databases for commercial sites and…

Holograms are fascinating. They convey free-floating images or three-dimensional representations. The ZEISS Group, based in Thuringia, Germany, is one of the world’s leading suppliers of holography technology. At the beginning of the year,…

An extraordinary move culminated in the company settling in its own innovative headquarters. FBGS, a sensor specialist from Jena, recently opened the doors at a new location. The company previously operated out of rented space but now has a…

The state is providing a total of EUR 6.4 million to the Thuringian Innovation Center for Recyclable Materials (ThIWert), which is affiliated with the University of Applied Sciences in Nordhausen. Established in 2018, ThIWert develops new…

The UEFA European Football Championship will kick off soon in Germany – and Thuringia will be well represented. At the end of May, the German national team and coach Julian Nagelsmann will spend a week preparing for the tournament at the…

It is a school unlike any other. The German Professional School (GPS) is an institution that specifically prepares refugees and, prospectively, young people from third countries for vocational training in Thuringia while focusing on…