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Colette Boos-John (Thuringian Minister for Economics), Mario Voigt (Thuringian Minister President, 4th from left), Andreas Pecher (CEO of the ZEISS Group, 3rd from left) and other representatives from business and administration on the roof of the high-tech campus.

| Optics

Major ZEISS investment in Jena reaches milestone

A milestone has been reached in a project with a total investment volume of half a billion euros: The ZEISS Group recently celebrated the topping-out ceremony for the new headquarters at its founding site in Jena, Germany. Approximately 200…

The new headquarters of Kyocera Fineceramics Europe in Erfurt-Southeast.

| Electrical Engineering and Electronics

Erfurt microelectronics site welcomes new member from Japan

Kyocera Fineceramics Europe GmbH – a subsidiary of Japan’s Kyocera Group – is moving into a new technology and production site in Erfurt, Germany. The new facility expands the company’s technological capabilities in multi-wire sawing with…

Topping-out ceremony for the new building at N3 Engine Overhaul Services in Arnstadt.

| Mechanical Engineering

Topping-out ceremony at N3: Milestone for growth and innovation

N3 Engine Overhaul Services in Arnstadt sends out a strong signal for Thuringia as a business location with the topping-out ceremony for the extension building. The joint venture between Lufthansa Technik and Rolls-Royce is investing 150…

Thuringian Economics Minister Colette Boos-John on a tour with the Chairman and CEO of the Japanese Nissha Group, Junya Suzuki, the CEO of Nissha Advanced Technologies Europe Ralf Urban and other representatives from business and politics.

| Automotive

Nissha invests 20 million euros in Waltershausen

With its grand opening in April of this year, Nissha Advanced Technologies Europe GmbH sent out a strong signal for the future of Thuringia as an automotive business site: The new facility at the Waltershausen location doubles the company’s…

Holger Heyer, Director Investment Promotion, presents the business location in the center of Germany at the German-Japanese Forum during the Hannover Messe.

| LEG Thüringen

Thuringia showcases itself at the Hannover Messe trade show

Thuringia once again had a presence at one of the world’s largest industrial trade shows with a joint stand organized by LEG Thüringen. However, this was the first time that Thuringia showcased itself as a center of industry and commerce…

Visit to Mammoth Brands, the American parent company of Feintechnik GmbH in Eisfeld, which is planning further investments in Thuringia.

| LEG Thüringen

Thuringia promotes innovation and partnership in the USA

From May 18 to 24, 2025, Minister President Mario Voigt and Minister of Economic Affairs Colette Boos-John traveled to the US East Coast with a delegation from business and science. Stops included Washington, New York and Boston - centers…

The sensors from Jena are not only used in space, but also on Earth.

| Electrical Engineering and Electronics

Sensors from Jena on their way to the moon

A milestone for Thuringian research: High-precision sensors from the Jena-based Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies (Leibniz IPHT) are part of the current IM-2 lunar mission, which was launched at the end of February 2025 to reach…

The pilot plant for the high-temperature electrolysis stack technology (SOEC) developed by Fraunhofer IKTS was opened at the “Erfurter Kreuz” in Arnstadt.

| Environmental Technologies

Milestone for Green Hydrogen: SOEC Pilot Plant Opens in Arnstadt

On May 27, 2025, Fraunhofer IKTS and thyssenkrupp nucera inaugurated Germany’s first pilot production facility for SOEC (Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell) stacks in Arnstadt. This high-temperature electrolysis technology enables highly…