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State Development Corporation of Thuringia (LEG Thüringen)

Dept. Investment, International Business and Cluster Promotion

Mainzerhofstraße 12
99084 Erfurt
Phone: +49 (0) 361 5603-450
Fax: +49 (0) 361 5603-328
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GFE- Gesellschaft für Fertigungstechnik
und Entwicklung Schmalkalden e. V.

  • Phone: +49 (0)3683/6900 - 0
  • email: info(at)gfe-net.de
  • Internet: www.gfe-net.de
  • Legal representative: Herr Dipl.-Ing. Hans-Jürgen Kern (Vorstandsvorsitzender)
  • Contact: Herr Dr.-Ing. Florian Welzel (Geschäftsführer)
  • Employees (Thuringia): 60

Location information

  • Location:
    Näherstiller Straße 10
    D-98574 Schmalkalden
  • District:
    Schmalkalden-Meiningen

Activities:

- Application-oriented initial research, job order research, technology-oriented consultancy and services as well as cooperation and production services (prototype making, test benches)

Products:

- Tools for chipping, hard material coating, precision parts, test benches (e.g. for the automotive industry)

Cooperations:

- Forschungskooperation mit Hochschulen und Unternehmen

R&D focus:

- Tool technology/manufacturing technologies, especially for chipping, coating and surface treating, measuring technology

Further information:

- private, close-to-business (nonprofit) research association - founded in 1992 in succession of the former research centre of the tool manufacturing industry in the tool combine of Schmalkalden - more than 134 members (enterprises, research facilities, municipal entities, and others) - the GFE e. V. maintains the Institute of Tool Technology and Quality Management (IWQ) as well as the Tool Certification and Inspection Authority (VPS)

Certificates:

accredited GS (tested safety) facility for tool testing

Subsidy consulting

We will be glad to advise you on available investment subsidies, participations and guarantees.

Investor-Service

Individual, competent, non-bureaucratic and flexible.