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Olympic champion Johannes Ludwig as speaker on the subject of motivation at the Foreign Trade Day in Oberhof. Photo: Andreas Hultsch

Thuringia's foreign trade has recovered from the pandemic slump of 2020. It even set new records: almost 17 billion euros in exports and just under 13.7 billion euros in imports. These results were announced by the Minister of Economics,…

Dr.-Ing. Ilko Rahneberg (Technical Director, SIOS) and Dr. Denis Dontsov (Managing Director, SIOS) accept the TOP 100 award from science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar on behalf of the entire SIOS team. Photo: KD Busch / compamedia

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…

Logo Hidden Champions in Thuringia

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…

Mayor Thomas Nitzsche, University President Walter Rosenthal, CEEC Director Ulrich S. Schubert, Science Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee, Infrastructure Minister Susanna Karawanskij and architect Hubert Juranek (from left) during the toppingout ceremony for the CEEC Jena extension buildings.

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…

TITK – Thuringian Institute for Textile- and Plastics Research in Rudolstadt

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.…

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…