Thuringia has an attractive blend of industries. The region has long been renowned for its wealth of knowledge in carmaking, machine building, optics and medical technology. But local industry also focuses heavily on other growth industries of the future like information and communications technology, life sciences and high-tech services. Industry clusters that have sprung up are encouraged to grow further by the Thuringia government.

Thuringia’s industry landscape is typified by small and medium-sized businesses. With remarkable flexibility and speed, they respond to the challenges of future markets.