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SIOS Meßtechnik GmbH from Ilmenau has convinced for the second time in the 29th round of the competition "TOP 100 Innovators" and received the seal for its excellent innovation management. The award was conferred to the company by Ranga…

The global optical industry got its start in 19th century Jena thanks to the inventions of Carl Zeiss, Ernst Abbe and Otto Schott. To this day, the university town in eastern Thuringia is home to world market leaders in this high-tech…

Tomorrow’s battery will come from Jena: Two extensions to the Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry (CEEC) are being built on campus at Friedrich Schiller University. Researchers will develop products such as new energy storage…

The Thuringian Institute for Textile and Plastics Research (TITK) recently unveiled a bio-adhesive that is both innovative and sustainable. Producing the hotmelt adhesive releases fewer greenhouse gases and consumes no fossil raw materials.…

1,700 new investments and expansions supported, over 3,000 hectares of industrial land developed, almost 50 different trade fair appearances organized in and outside Germany – these are just a few excerpts from LEG’s impressive 30-year…

Culture has a long tradition in Thuringia – and remains alive in many places. Weimar is a prime example: It was home not only to literary heavyweights such as Johann Wolfgang Goethe and Friedrich Schiller but also to composers such as…

The first construction stage of Contemporary Amperex Technology’s (CATL) factory in Thuringia has received its operating permit: Thuringian Environmental Minister Anja Siegesmund presented CATL Regional President Europe Matthias Zentgraf…

It’s no secret that Thuringia’s economic players have extensive but close-knit networks - and that‘s a big locational advantage. For example, automotive thüringen (at), a cluster organization, put LEG in touch with jambit GmbH, who had…

Thuringia is fertile ground for business growth: The specialist company in medical technologies, Mathys Orthopädie, has decided to concentrate its production operations at one location in the Bollberg industrial district in Stadtroda near…

Desay Automotive Europe GmbH is expanding rapidly in central Thuringia: The Chinese group recently officially opened a new production and logistics center at its new location at Schwanseestraße 143 in Weimar. At the new site about 40 people…