Plastic-free packagings soon „made in Thuringia“. On 25th September the company Papacks GmbH – a specialist for bio-degradable and plastic-free packaging material – celebrated the topping-out ceremony for their Gigafactory at the LEG-owned industrial park “Erfurter Kreuz“ in Arnstadt. Papacks is...

Indoor spaces have become dangerous places during the Corona outbreak. Countless bakteria and viruses float through the air and gather up on the surface areas in these spaces. An invention coming from the Southern Thuringia town, Ilmenau, provides the remedy: a robot from the company MetraLabs...

The Nissha Innovation Center Europe (NICE), where engineers develop solutions for functional films, recently was founded in Waltershausen/Thuringia. Based in Japan, Nissha manufactures products all over the world, including sensor films for cars, smartphones and tablets.

Panem is growing rapidly. The industrial bakery in northern Thuringia is putting up a second factory building at its Bleicherode location and doubling its production capacity. Starting in 2021, 40,000 rolls, 20,000 pretzel products and 15,000 baguettes will leave the new building each day. Panem set...

With a grant of 13.5 million euros from the Free State of Thuringia, the Battery Innovation and Technology Center (BITC) will begin its work on July 10, 2020 at the Erfurter Kreuz industrial park. The opening marks an important step in expanding and interlinking activities in the field of battery...

Strong signal of affiliation to the region / LEG assisted with organizing the aid / the recipient is the Foundation outpatient medical care Thuringia

This news received on October 9, 2019 was celebrated not only by the prizewinners, but also by the researchers at the CEEC Jena: John B. Goodenough was one of three scientists to receive the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2019, and was honored for his work on the development of lithium ion batteries.

Thuringia, Germany – A groundbreaking ceremony for the first overseas factory of the world's leading lithium-ion battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) took place on October 18 in Thuringia, a state in east-central Germany, marking the start of construction of the first...

A distribution center for online wholesaler Amazon is currently being built at the "International Logistics Center" (ILZ) in Erfurt. Amazon has commissioned Munich-based real estate company GIEAG AG to develop the 23,000 m² site and will then lease the property.

When NASA launches the Mars 2020 mission the first images back to Earth in February of 2021 will be seen through lenses designed and engineered by Jenoptik.