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Matthias Zentgraf (Regional President Europe of CATL), Anja Siegesmund (Environmental Minister) and Mario Suckert (President of TLUBN) at the ceremonial handover of the operating license

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…

The logo of jambit GmbH, reminiscent of two coffee beans

Munich-based software developer picks Erfurt

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…

At the official inauguration, the ribbon was symbolically cut (from left to right): Site Manager Lukas Seel and Managing Director Dr. Michael Weber, both Desay SV Automotive Europe, Peter Kleine, Lord Mayor of Weimar.

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…

At the topping out ceremony of the new building: Wilm Schwarzpaul, Managing Partner of the project developer EcoPARKS, and Dr. Olaf Pösse, CEO of Jenaer Gewindetechnik (r.).

Japanese Kuroda Group invests in a new plant

Sending out a clear signal for Thuringia: With the state’s support, Jenaer Gewindetechnik GmbH is investing nine million euros in a new facility and in new manufacturing technology in the city of Jena.

Virtual view of the new Somag AG building. Picture: Somag AG

Global Market Leader in Thuringia: Somag AG Jena

One cradle of advanced technology is Jena, where Carl Zeiss, Ernst Abbe and Otto Schott once founded modern optics. Today, the university town is home to numerous global market leaders. One of them, Somag AG Jena, develops and manufactures…

Visualization of the James Webb Space Telescope, which is designed to look deeper into space than any other space observatory before.

Jena precision optics in space

Does outer space hold alien life forms or something never before seen? The James Webb Space Telescope is expected to provide new insights into the universe, thanks in part to high-precision mirrors from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied…

Four Thuringian firms in top 50

A total of four innovative Thuringian companies have made it into the 2021 renowned and annually eagerly awaited ranking of Passion4Business GmbH, which has been selecting Germany‘s TOP 50 start-ups since 2016. Pramomolecular, Tediro,…