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A welcome expansion in the Erfurter Kreuz industrial district: mechatronics specialist Marquardt having been located in Thuringia since 2019, has inaugurated its second plant south of the Thuringian state capital. This 3-digit million euro…

Thuringia stands out as a region of successful inventors and innovators: last year, it ranked first among eastern German states in terms of patent applications per capita. As reported by the German Patent and Trademark Office in Munich,…

An extraordinary meeting of champions took place in Jena at the end of May. Entitled “ChampionsMEET Thuringia: Business meets Soccer”, LEG organized the second meeting of global market and technology leaders from Thuringia. In the run-up to…

In mid-August, the Thuringian International team traveled to North America’s Pacific Northwest, including the two hubs of Seattle and Vancouver. The region boasts a strong and diverse economy built on its outstanding high-tech potential,…

At the beginning of September, a group of companies from Thuringia traveled to South Korea, the fourth largest economy in Asia. Co-organized with our partners, Germany Trade and Invest, OptoNet e.V. and Automotive Thüringen e.V., the…

Swiss Prognos AG, a company known for publishing a wide range of studies, has once again compiled a nationwide ranking of German cities. This time, the study looked at 71 cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants. Its focus was on ecology,…

Jena will soon be home to the largest biomedical university campus in Central Germany: A new building and the renovation of an existing building will provide extensive teaching and research facilities, particularly for pharmacy and…

In the future, the heart of telehealth in Thuringia will beat in Apolda: The Thuringian Center for Telehealth is being built on 600 square meters of the Eiermannbau building, an industrial landmark. The WeCare agency is in charge of the…

For many years, LEG Thüringen’s cluster management team (ThCM) has been organizing events that promote close collaboration between companies, research institutions, and intermediaries, and lay the foundation for joint innovation projects. 

Thuringia is on track to meet the national goal of 80 percent renewable electricity by 2030. According to the Statistical Office of Thuringia, renewable energy accounted for 63.9 percent of total electricity consumed in the first quarter of…